Ice T: Is the Issue Social Responsibility . . .

How did the company that publishes this magazine come to produce a record glorifying the murder of police?

I got my 12-gauge sawed off

I got my headlights turned off

I'm 'bout to bust some shots off

I'm 'bout to dust some cops off . . .

Die, Die, Die Pig, Die!

So go the lyrics to Cop Killer by the rapper Ice-T on the album Body Count. The album is released by Warner Bros. Records, part of the Time Warner media and entertainment conglomerate.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece laying out the company's position, Time Warner co-CEO Gerald...

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