Quote Originally Posted by Solanine View Post
By all mean discuss it with regards to media coverage, the media have a tendency to jump to conclusions because they're simple and easy connections to make rather than because there is any truth to them.
For example "Violent video games make people more violent" is a favourite although the evidence is marginally weighted in the opposite direction.

How ever it turned into a gun control debate not a "Guns in the media" debate. That is the distinction I'm making. When threads get so long and go off on tangents it makes it supremely difficult for anybody new to join the debate.
I'll agree that reaper and I picked at each other quite a bit, but if you read the arguments in full, there is a great deal of questioning on both sides about how politics plays into it all, which leads to more questions about politics in media, and so on. I'm going to let it stand unless the thread starter has an issue, at which time I'll be more than happy to split the thread. It's been a good thread with an evolving topic. In any event, the thread continues on its track exploring the short-comings of the media at large.