It should come as no surprise that mainstream media can be controlled, twisted and bent to conform to fit a more pleasing mold. One of our most reputable reporters, Brian Wilson, just stepped down after being caught lying about events in his own reporting history. Imagine just how many haven't been caught yet? With people this easily corruptable supplying a majority of our nation with its current events, it makes me uneasy when an incident over race and violence towards law enforcement occurs. If there is even the slightest bit of violent unrest will act as a magnet for photojournailsts and cameras. The sad thing is, during all of the protesting in Ferguson, a lot of good work went unnoticed, for it was overshadowed by a few broken windows.

These acts of kindness, which would have otherwise gone unnoticed, were covered in explicit detail by none other than the people! Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr became ablaze with first hand reports and opinions from victims of police brutality, voluteers and independent journalists who witnessed the events personally. The Internet, as a new platform for national coverage of events in progress, became a saving grace for those who knew mainstream news just wasn't covering. Community members started rushing to people who had been sprayed with tear gas, with jugs of milk, to aleviate the pain. Volunteers started organizations to educate their friends and neighbors on how the political process works and just what needs to be done for a peaceful resolution. And yet the only way to find any of this out would have been to search for it yourself online.