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August 2007

The Media

8/1/2007

 
The thirtieth anniversary of my arrest is coming up next week. Already there have been various media outlets (newspapers, television and radio) revisiting my crimes...
However, I can only hope this season of revisiting the past and rehashing my misdeeds will quickly pass. To me there's more important news going on in the world. Yet I do realize that my criminal acts were once big news. I suppose, therefore, that in this regard there will always be a degree of historical interest. Nevertheless it is painful to be reminded of the "Son of Sam" days.

I know, too, that for the most part the media doesn't see me as a human being. Their bias is obvious. And they almost never have anything good to say about me. They choose to remain focused on the past, and they tell their stories in such a way that the public would think my crimes happened only yesterday. Most of them keep the past thirty years of my life as a blank, and in my opinion I see this as prejudice. I also believe that many in the media view me as something of an amusement and as a means of selling more newspapers or obtaining higher ratings. For them it's just a business.

In addition, I've had many bad experiences with media people. I have nothing against any of them, however. But today I no longer see the media as a viable way to share things about my life or share with the public what God has done for me.

So, hopefully, whatever media coverage of my crimes comes about in the near future, it will quickly pass and be gone.

D.B.

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