The importance of making critical evaluations of news stories come to play in the recent story about the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case. This was a story about a young black teenager and a neighborhood watchman that shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Sanford Florida. Many news stations reported the story through the country and the trial was on CNN every day until a verdict came into place. During the trial the prosecutors showed pictures which were the ones that came from the scene that was taken prior after the crime had happened. Trayvon’s pictures showed him as an innocent boy and Zimmerman as upset and angry with a mug shot. The media also showed bias to both these individuals and seemed to be concerned with sensationalism, rather than finding out the true facts.…
The differences between the articles emphasise the fine line between objective reporting and opinionated reporting. No journalist or writer can be truly objective, however, there is a vast difference between Thompson’s article – which is written from the first person perspective and includes some of his predictions for events after 9/11 – and Pullen’s article – which includes numerous verifiable facts and is written in the third person.…
Known for her tremendous work of hosting NPR’s On the Media, Brooke Gladstone analyzes in, “The Great Refusal”, the impact of reporters’ convictions in order to ascertain its direct effect on media bias. The job of a reporter is to recall relevant social and economic accounts that take place daily without siding on an issue. Majority of the time, journalists and reporters lack credibility to prove the accuracy or falsity of the information that they release to the public. While some seldom favors an issue relative to their opinion, others remain neutral and make the great refusal. Gladstone indirectly refers to the “Great Refusal” by providing brief historic scenarios that elucidate the controversy of media bias against society.…
Stuart provides an example of when a homeless man was brutally beaten by officers from the LAPD. Although there was video evidence, the cops controlled the story and claimed they were beating him to save him from eating crack cocaine. Stuart additionally cites incidences where footage is lost or incomplete, leading to little to no repercussions for the police involved. So although these videos provide explicit evidence, they often don’t result in justice and just create unnecessary trauma to its Black viewers. Being a peer reviewed article, in addition to being written by a professor, its credibility seems more than adequate. Despite it being biased, these incidences act as incredible evidence to help me refute the claim that videos of police brutality help to combat injustice, making it incredibly valuable to my paper. Furthermore, the article centers around Black Americans, which is the demographic I plan to focus on when writing my paper. To be brief, this article remains a credible and useful source, providing evidence in support of the censorship police brutality…
The 2 articles I had chosen are on Blackfish and Sea World. The first title is called SeaWorld Questions Ethics of ‘Blackfish’ Investigator. I always thought that there was no doubt in my mind that Sea World was a good place that was until the movie Blackfish came out. This first article is about questioning the ethics that the investigator used to gain his insight on the killer whales that he used for the movie. I feel like this is not a good creditable source because there are many bias issues at hand which tends to lean towards one side which in this article is Sea world. How I can to this decision is the facts at hand which Sea world is only showing their side at hand. To think one sided is very bias because they want the reader to think they are right. The article reveled to me that Sea World has something to hide when they can’t explain why they think that all the investigators information is wrong. With no substantial evidence and/ or qualified personnel.…
He uses the statistic of the shrinking correspondents to establish the fact that if this number is continually decreasing, there may be in the future a lack of unbiased media presentation, asking his audience to consider the importance of foreign news coverage.Goodman connects to the vast implications of bias presented via social media to further build his argument. Reporters “know the power of Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media” and, as they continue to rise in popularity in the distribution of media, are enabling the genesis of “citizen journalists who function largely as funnels . .…
Williams, writes about how a young 12-year-old boy is shot and killed by a police officer. The boy was shot because the police got a call from someone saying that there is a person in the park pointing a gun at people. “Although they said the gun was “probably fake” and the person was “probably a juvenile.” (Williams). However, that message was not relayed to the police. The officers arrived on scene and “got out, drew his weapon and fired as the boy reached for the gun in his waistband” (Williams). Tamir possibly could have been handing over the weapon or trying to show the officers that the weapon was fake. In the article, the author states that the officers were white. It doesn't matter whether they were white or black. Once again people bring race into it. There is no way of knowing if the boy was trying to surrender or attempt to hurt the officers with the pellet gun. The author also writes about a recent study that has been conducted that resulted in finding out that both black and white officers are more likely to draw their weapon and fire at an African American person of suspicion rather than a white subject in the same scenario. A new bill is being enforced to make sure manufacturers that produce toy guns in colors that won’t be misguided as a real gun. The thesis of the article is “When a Cleveland prosecutor announced Tuesday that'd he'd recommend a grand jury not indict a city police officer for gunning down a 12-year -old boy armed with a toy pellet gun, he called it a confluence of human error, mistakes, and miscommunication” (Williams). The purpose of the article was to inform and to potentially persuade the reader. The intended audience could likely be anyone…
Detecting media bias in the news is a good way to strengthen your critical reading and listening skills. The more we practice critical thinking the easier it will be for us to determine if the information given to us is impartial or not. This will help us have our own ideas and not let others manipulate on the way we think. There are many publications that give their point of view and do not give you information on how or from where they base their opinions. It is important that we examine the types of publications we read and make sure that their information is accurate. The New York Times gives Nelson Mandela a fair description on what his visuals were. I think that this article is based on facts and not just the opinion of one person. This article is simple, easy to read and contains information based on facts.…
Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year, and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However, other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There are many ways that reporters can cover a story, two of the more influential factors are the bias, or lack thereof, and the accuracy of the factual information. Therefore, two of the most significant ways to critic articles are by the bias shown and how impactful and truthful the factual information is.…
The article “The Media Underestimate Police Brutality” by Michael Novick opens with the following expression “Don't trust everything you read in the papers.” This article illustrates how the media portrays police brutality. Novick believes that police brutality is an epidemic and not an aberration. This article contains many well made points, but it is biased, has unsupported evidence, and too many facts that are not needed.…
For the past 17 months, shown on every television news channel across the United States. The case of George Zimmerman, and the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Like every year, the media will take a case and publicly turn the story into a circus. The rebuttal article for this paper is a story written by Oliver Knox of Yahoo.com titled, "Obama: Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago." Further discussion will analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by Oliver Knox, and identify any logical fallacies in the argument.…
A role that it is quite common to where it is seen a lot within different news outlets. The situation would involve police brutality, politics, and even sports, where people judge those based on their actions, and how they look like. So, it would be logical for us to do something about bias, as it is a major concern within the news. According to an article by Caleb Galoozis called “Media Bias, Alive and Well” it’s true that media bias is obvious and inevitable. However, Galoozis counters this by saying that it will only get worse over time. If we don’t do something about bias, then how can we expect to find reliable news coverage if it only gets…
Police and the public may have a different outlook of hard-core criminals becoming victims of violence. The police have to remove their bias ways to solve the victim case (Karmen, 2013). The police has to follow what is ethical correct. They must think on a level head. On the other hand, the police have a duty to serve and protect the community.…
Using the media to manage the appearance of the system’s legitimacy, the public is continually bombarded with myths until the myths become accepted as facts. The criminal justice system can provide the public with select information, which creates the perception that the status quo must be maintained. Police can effectively create their own jobs by persuading the public to support their current…
The article was written with knowing the issues of today were still very relevant. Every day When I turn the news on my always sees police brutality and injustices. This injustice can be traced back to the days of the civil rights movement when African Americans were hosed and attacked by police dogs. Issues that happened in the past continue today and need to…
