Quite the contrary, Ned.

The media is often the best vehicle, exposing miscarriages of justice of wrongly condemned inmates, police corruption, abuses of power, and shoddy prison environments.

The media has brought sunlight to juvenile justice, bail reform, sentencing disparities, rehabilitation programs, and a host of human stories that make the criminal justice system better and fairer.

As a defense lawyer, the media loves to sensationalize crime stories. Lawyers and judges work through it, and try the cases.

Jurors do their best to follow their oaths.

Have some faith in America, Ned.