In the darkest days of world history, distinguished leaders blazed a path, illuminated by truth, to guide the lost through turbulent times. Alas, the heroes of yesterday have ridden into the sunset, and who will take their place?

Today, youth are lost in a sea of conflicting and groundless stereotypes either created or amplified by the media, producing a perfect storm of degenerative behavior. In television and movies, violence and criminal lifestyles are constantly rewarded. Violent video games further reinforce the sociopath as a role model, where any crime justifies the means. The problem is, without a solid foundation of reasoned values, today’s youth have no way to put this fiction into perspective, and like a feather in the wind, those without any moral reference will fall prey to any negativity that is dramatized.

An unfortunate consequence of the writer’s strike is the impending public release of the controversial series ‘Dexter‘, in which a serial killer’s lifestyle is legitimized and glorified. The impressionable could do without this kind of entertainment. There’s plenty of artistry on the sunny side of life for free speech, so why dwell on psychotic anti-heroes that may be seductive to the weak-minded?

I appeal to the broadcast media to consider the insidious impact of negative role models in shaping a socially barren and lawless world.

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