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When I first appeared in the media, it was rare to see trans people on TV, and young trans kids were unheard of.
People stop believing what the media tells them when they see media superstars say things like, 'Let the economy fail.'
And you see many people just turning away from these channels of mass media, and they're just turning in to alternative providers, because they just see what's happening.
You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy.
I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files.
I think most people aren't really privy to how stories are developed and what stories are - make it to the front page or to the mainstream media, whether it's in print or in broadcast. And I think they'd be shocked and disappointed to see some of the bias that exists in some of the stories that don't get told - or the manner in which they are told.