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Jimmy, when it comes to measuring a year, do you prefer daylights, sunsets, midnights, or cups of coffee?

The media often uses photography and footage to establish the "enemy" and the "other". For example, a video of a journalist being beheaded turns ISIS from something distant and abstract into something immediately menacing and anti-American.

Do you think this approach is more prevalent in the US, or in other cultures? Is "freedom of the press" in the US a guarantee of greater veracity in what we see, or does "shaping" the message (as above) happen regardless? Does market share for media organizations increase more when they disrupt the narrative, or evolve the narrative?

(Big, big fan, by the way. As a writer, you've been a definite influence.)