The media can teach many life lessons. For instance, I have learned that Princess Diana was one of the most influential people of the twentieth century, and I have also learned that a priest can't be trusted alone with children. The media has also tried to convince me to believe that it is all right to kill your unborn child by aborting it, but it is a federal crime to chop down a giant redwood tree in California. Of course, I'm sure that as you are reading this essay, you agree with everything I've written so far because it is exactly what the media has reported to you, and you know that the media wouldn't distort the truth! Okay. Truthfully, I don't agree with any of my essay so far, and I hope you have taken my essay with a "grain of salt."

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