Media Saturation & Criminal Hero Worship: The Apotheosis of Evil Behind the Veil of Journalism

“America puts killers on the cover of TIME magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars,” Marilyn Manson wrote in a Rolling Stone article after the Columbine High School shooting. “From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.” http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/n…