opinions influenced by the media?

[Scopulus Argentarius]

I agree with you that the media intentially uses occult or hate-mongreling catch-phrases to paint some scenes darker than they really are.

"They were into the occult...wore black....studied witchkraft..etc"

These are usually gratuitous falsehoods thrown into a story in order to graft some haunting mystery to it. Could also be short-circuit thinking by the reporter.

I'm sure you've witnessed how inaccurate a news report can be when it falsely skews a story about something you witnessed alongside the reporter. I have.

Anyway, of the 2 local news programs on tv here, one repeatably draws in occult references to an occasional crime; they , however, get use some obviously wrong cliche's. The other one is more community oriented (does not refernec occult stuff) and does not get sued as often as the first. As the saying goes around here : " '2 is on your side' .. but 9 in on your ass "