I'm sorry, lizardflix, but I feel you are missing the point of these actions. This is not about a conspiracy. There is no conspiracy. It is, however, about negligence and corporate self-interest.

As my dear father, who survived growing up in Jasper Texas, would say, "You don't have to pick up an elephant to know it's heavy."

Something is wrong here and I am calling for an investigation. People are responding. Research is being conducted, and the evidence is mounting.

It would be well worth the effort if from this we learn something about the variety of methods used by mass media to transmit images and sound which in turn influence how messages are crafted. The result may be a new set of standards and practices that protect the public from arbitrary institutional manipulation of source material. Who decides what gets modified for transmission and how is it conducted? What impact does that modification have on the resulting news report? What are the social implications of how the ripple effect is generated that influences mass opinion?

If the evidence didn’t support my concern I would move on. Like you, I am a very busy person. More material is about to be brought forward that will most likely further support my concerns—this time from MSNBC.

lizardflix, you appear to be a long-standing member of the technology revolution. And as growing numbers of people, like me, become acquainted with this new electronic frontier, they too will come forward, speak up, and get involved. I hope you will be a little more understanding of what this likely means: There will be vastly more possibilities for social outcomes stemming from many diverse cultural insights addressing human concerns and conditions worldwide.

Therefore, I hope that cynicism and narrow mindedness give way to positive attitudes and an abundance of possibilities cultivating a global solutions ecology.

Onward and upward,
Ellison