It's been a two steps forward, one backwards for a long, long time... Recently, however, it's been more one step forward and one backward... What we are not seein are the documentaries that we once saw... They were educational... What we are seeing instead are formula sitcoms and dramas where roles are not new but repeated over and over and very much sterotypical... And that's just TV...

The print media is in decline because the internet has replaced it so newspapers are not out to grind any axes but quite the oppoiste...

So the media, IMO, is like treading water right now...

That is not a good thing... There was a time when the media was more proactive... Not these days... They are pro-profit... I think we can just forget the media for now as an agent for change... Or even an agent to educate... Entertain??? Well, yeah...

Is this the way it should be??? Well, no, it isn't but the media corporations have us by the throat and they really don't see themselves as the bad guys...

B~