In my journey to find focus in my paper topic.... I believe I am going to do the following: If the media's role in democracy is to keep the government in check, then it is possible that it's the comedian's role to keep the MEDIA in check. I'm gonna start investigating this. Here is an example. This is the report on the Michael Phelps weed scandal featured on the Adam Carolla Show on February 6, 2009 (jump to 1:24)...
For those of you who don't want to listen to the whole thing, Adam basically asks "when did reporters become your high school counselor?" Is it really the role of the media to make sure celebrities stop smoking marijuana?
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