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The  American  media  --  the  free  press  --  really  is  one  of  the  linchpins  of  democracy.     It  really  does  help  to  keep  us  free.
But,  just  because  it  is  so  important  does  not  mean  that  Original  Sin  --  human  moral  imperfection  --  does  not  run  rampant  through  the  media.
Example  One:    "Amistad,"  1997,  with  Djimon  Hounsou,  Morgan  Freeman,  Anthony  Hopkins  and  Matthew  McConaughey,  portrays  Cinque,  the  black leader  who  won  his  freedom  from  white  slave  traders  by  taking  control  of  the  slave  ship  Amistad,  and  then  he  wins  the  right  to  return  to  Africa  after  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  permits  him  to  do  so  --  imaginative,  bold   Africans  and  benevolent  white  liberals  conquer  the  exploitative  white  slave  traders,  right?
In  reality,  Cinque  returned  to  Africa  and  made  his  living  as  a  slave  trader,  capturing  and  imprisoning   and  selling  black  men,  women  and  children.
Why  didn't  they  tell  us  this,  in  the  movie?
Example  Two:   What  do  we  never,  ever,  ever  read  in  the  media  about  the  priests  who  victimize  young  people?
We  read  that they  are  "pedophiles,"  "pederasts,"  "sexual  abusers,"   "ephebophiles"  --  but  never,  ever,  ever  do  we  read  that  they  are
homosexual.
They  are.
It's  not  an  accident  that  9/10ths  of  the  victims  are  male.
It's  not  an  accident  that  5/6ths  of  the  victims  have  entered  puberty.
The  offender  priests,  in  fact,  are  in  the  overwhelming  majority  gay  men  hunting  for  prime  beef.
Homosexuals  are  the  poster  child  of  the  liberal  media.   So,  the  media  doesn't  want  you  to  think  like  that,  so  they  silently  conspire  to  avoid  telling  you  that.
Example  Three:  What  does  the  media  fall  all  over  itself  to  avoid  telling  us  about  terrorism?
Answer:  That  the  overwhelming  majority  of  the  terrorists  are  Muslims.
For  whatever  reason,  Islam  seems  to  beget  large  numbers  of  killers.
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sure about cinque? I know this isn't about cinque, but if you are to use his case as parallel to homosexual priests and the media holding back vital 'table turning' information, I'd hope the material used for comparison is good firm stuff. Post Amistad Cinque material is vague, from the 30 second history lesson I gave myself.
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I'm more firm on the homosexual priest item than the Cinque parallel.
It's correct, Tom. A few sources are clear on this.
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