A good definition of Pornography

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

2354: Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.

http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2011/10/a-good-working-definition.php

The Fraud of Alex Haley's "Roots"

I recently watched the miniseries "Roots" and "Roots: The Next Generations" for the first time and found both to be excellent productions that were extremely moving. However, it turns out that they might be more fiction than fact:

"[T]he story of just what Haley brought off is an example of how history and tragic fact can be pillaged by an individual willing to exploit whatever the naive might consider sacred."

From http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-04-12/news/18069737_1_hoax-philip-nobile-african-ancestry