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One of the things I despise is censorship. I do not believe in censoring any form of media for the greater good. Rather, it is important for everyone to have access to lucid information so that they can develop their own opinions on a particular subject. Nothing angers me more than seeing the mass media censor reality yet promote fictitious entertainment in all its glory.

The image in this post (above), courtesy of Wonkette, demonstrates how mass media is willing to censor the brutality of reality. The image was shown by ABC and throughly censored; shown below is the actual image:

Sure, ABC can be considered a conservative media outlet, but aren’t these the same guys that promote the show Grey’s Anatomy? Grey’s Anatomy, a great show in my opinion, does have scenes in which characters are bleeding profusely and death is an important element. What I do not appreciate is ABC censoring information that they themselves support through their fictitious entertainment programming.

I will accept the fact that gruesome images from reality should be kept away from children. However, aren’t these same children exposed to graphic images in their own cartoons? Perhaps, or maybe we should just stop censoring media and let the parents control their children’s exposure.

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