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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
Suave, I'd like to answer your question, but it's not a term I use.
Anyway, I see the image as right down the middle of the topic of this thread. In the world at large, we see what we want to see - but in the media we only see what we are shown. This thread is really about drawing your own conclusions as to what the "meaning" of it all is.
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Fair enough. It wasn't that important a question anyways.
As far as mass media control, that's why even reputable news stories should be taken with healthy skepticism. Fortunately, while "the media" (an almost ominous-sounding term in this context) does have a large influence on us as a society, if not as individuals, it is not focused on negatively affecting us. Generally, what is or is not shown by the media is selected because they want to intrigue more people, and therefore increase profits, so on the whole, negative effects are felt as an unfortunate consequence of relatively harmless greed. It gets more dangerous however, when one in control of a powerful information medium has a political/moral/etc agenda, which is thankfully either rare or relatively weak.