We live in an imperfect world. Right at this moment, wars are being fought, people being wounded and killed.

The media, reporting these to the public, does not generate more violence, rather, it can help to diminish violence in society by making people look these problems in the face. Land mines in Angola were a cause of destruction and devastation to its impoverished people. That is, until Princess iana stepped in. Photogenic and popular, she instantly attracted all the cameras. The world found out about innocent children hobbling through life on wooden legs, families blown to bits by the pernicious land mines. With this !"## effect!, people from around the world donated $%&& million to the 'nternational "ampaign to (an Landmines. And even though iana is gone now, The )ttawa "onvention and its ratification by *+ countries last week are the positive and long,lasting effects of the -edia!s scrutiny. The war in (osnia might never have stopped, had it not been for the courageous reporters who took photographs and made reports on the bloody and gory conflict. (ombarded by letters and calls from appalled members of the public, members of parliaments across .urope and congressmen in the /nited 0tates forced their governments to deal with the issue. /ltimately this led to the involvement of peace keeping /nited #ations troops to control conflict. The media reflects violence. 't fre1uently makes accurate reports on horrible situations, so drawing public concern to take positive action against violence. Ladies and gentlemen, if you tune in to the news tonight and see a report on a man who has chopped his wife up into 2* chunks and stowed them inside his refrigerator, will you run after your spouse with a chopper because you!re having a tiff3 ' don!t think so, unless you are a psychopath4a natural born killer. And despite what our opponents may try to imply, thank 5od, most of us are perfectly able to keep any violent impulses under control.