Letter to the editor: Media's role in hatred, violence

Am I the only one to see the mainstream media’s monstrous role in fomenting hatred, violence and intolerance in the U.S. and around the globe? Why aren’t more politicians, pundits and ordinary people decrying the twisting, the obscuring, the diminishing of objective truth; the agitating, the bullying — the silencing — carried out by obscenely wealthy moguls, those puppeteers who energize and animate the perfectly coiffed talking heads who appear on millions of screens each day?

Who is holding the media legally responsible for much, if not most, of the violence we have silently witnessed, mouths agape, over not only the past year, but past years, especially when conservative ideology is in ascent? Shouldn’t the media be the first group to stand trial for their role in the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as the earlier guerrilla-like attacks on cities around the country that sent good Americans fleeing from urban streets?

Before any individual is put on trial, fined, imprisoned, publicly excoriated or impeached, the seemingly omnipotent media cabal should be held accountable to the American public, to the world, to the law — the very law they invoke when it benefits their progressive agenda.

Tim Landy

Mt. Pleasant Township