Where’s the Line?

Where’s the line between showing a media-obsessed society too much and too little?


Where’s the line between glorifying a killer and glimpsing what lies behind evil?


Where’s the line between protecting the rights of clearly disturbed people and protecting the rest of us?


Where’s the line between protecting people from a shooter who may be on the loose and panicking an entire college campus?


Where’s the line between convicting in print three innocent (it turns out) young men and reporting what the prosecutor says publicly?


Where’s the line between when suspects and their attorneys should hold press conferences and when they should hold their fire?


Where’s the line between what an aging, nappy-headed talk-show host can say and what rappers and comics can say?


So many talking heads are quick to seize their 15 seconds of fame to proclaim where the lines are.


I trust only people who wrestle with the answers.


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Where’s the Line?

Where’s the line between showing a media-obsessed society too much and too little?


Where’s the line between glorifying a killer and glimpsing what lies behind evil?


Where’s the line between protecting the rights of clearly disturbed people and protecting the rest of us?


Where’s the line between protecting people from a shooter who may be on the loose and panicking an entire college campus?


Where’s the line between convicting in print three innocent (it turns out) young men and reporting what the prosecutor says publicly?


Where’s the line between when suspects and their attorneys should hold press conferences and when they should hold their fire?


Where’s the line between what an aging, nappy-headed talk-show host can say and what rappers and comics can say?


So many talking heads are quick to seize their 15 seconds of fame to proclaim where the lines are.


I trust only people who wrestle with the answers.


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