Over the century, and recently the past few years media has been the scapegoat for people's problems. Mediums like books, movies, comic books, or even video games have been outed for teaching us immoral things.
One event that played a big impact on the fans of Harry Potter, was the fact that J.K. Rowling outed Dumbledore, the headmaster of the series as being gay. This event spread much controversy among many people, and a lot of them did not find it as something socially acceptable. Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, claimed that this was not setting a good example for children.
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-490261/JK-Rowling-US-Bible-belt-outing-Dumbledore-gay.html)
Another event that shocked everyone, was the Virginia Tech Massacre, people went as far as to blame video games like Counter Strike or Grand Theft Auto as the source of all the shootings.
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18220228/ns/technology_and_science-games/)
It also begs the question: Is media really the source of all of our troubles?
Good examples. Some members of the Christian right were already boycotting Harry Potter because of the wizardry (devil worship).
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