@TroyOK, guys. I guess I must hang around with smart people, because everybody i know is aware that the media is manipulative and racially biased. In fact, the only thing black people attribute all their woes to more than Racism, is: THE MEDIA - who they blame for almost EVERYTHING. So they can't be but so unaware of how it operates.
And I'm assuming, Troy, that since you have no use for FaceBook, you don't frequent its domain that much. But it really is a reflection of all facets of black life, with the religious folks offering prayers and the proud parents posting pictures and single women posting selfies and armchair deejay posting music and grieving families posting obituaries, and sports nuts making predictions and old class mates hooking up and old adversaries circling each other and people from all walks of life discussing this upcoming election. Do black people inflate their images on FaceBook? Could be, but the whole panorama unfolds within the context of the black mystique. And when it comes to current events, I don't think they fake the opinions they vent.