The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to PROVIDE information on profoundly IMPORTANT subjects so we're an INFORMED citizenry.
When I hear STORIES about the number of kids that have been lost to violence, where families grow up TEACHING kids 'duck and COVER' LONG before they learn their ABC's or their colors, I know there is something profoundly wrong in our city.