Media Bias Essay
The news is full of their own opinions rather than the straight facts. For years we’ve been oblivious to the effects media has on us. Rather it’s the internet, newspapers or television you use to keep up with the day to day current events of what’s going on in the country or around the world. Media bias is present in every piece of media the news, and our favorite TV shows but we see it or not. Media is the typical person’s source of information. Unsurprisingly, you have to be very careful in which outlets you use to keep up with what’s going on in the world.
In the 2012 Trayvon Martin vs. George Zimmerman case. The media fixated so much on portraying Trayvon Martin as a young thug who was out of control rather than the unarmed black American …show more content…
Often media purposely leave certain information that they feel audiences shouldn’t see or be aware of because media houses feel as if the public shouldn’t know or they are trying to please someone. During the trial the different networks purposely edited out racial comments that Zimmerman made towards Trayvon. This goes hand and hand with corporate bias because the media is always trying to please someone it’s always about money. Reasons such as funding for the network from a major corporation, exposure to society or popularity. The media often report rare instances and make them sound like a big deal to the general public. Where the everyday events if and when they do report the smaller events they are often reported at a later date and are made to sound less significant to the public. The stories are often chopped down and downplaye. The media pushes its viewpoints instead of reporting it in an objective way. Bias can involve race, religion, class, sex and many others. Media outlets tend to put a spin on the current events because we are really only hearing what the media reports to us and its tremendously important that we challenge what we believe, have an open mind and get news from multiple sources to find the truth for yourself. With that in mind we cannot blame the unarmed teen who lost his life. Nor can we continue to blame Zimmerman, who has already been exonerated by the judicial
In the 2012 Trayvon Martin vs. George Zimmerman case. The media fixated so much on portraying Trayvon Martin as a young thug who was out of control rather than the unarmed black American …show more content…
Often media purposely leave certain information that they feel audiences shouldn’t see or be aware of because media houses feel as if the public shouldn’t know or they are trying to please someone. During the trial the different networks purposely edited out racial comments that Zimmerman made towards Trayvon. This goes hand and hand with corporate bias because the media is always trying to please someone it’s always about money. Reasons such as funding for the network from a major corporation, exposure to society or popularity. The media often report rare instances and make them sound like a big deal to the general public. Where the everyday events if and when they do report the smaller events they are often reported at a later date and are made to sound less significant to the public. The stories are often chopped down and downplaye. The media pushes its viewpoints instead of reporting it in an objective way. Bias can involve race, religion, class, sex and many others. Media outlets tend to put a spin on the current events because we are really only hearing what the media reports to us and its tremendously important that we challenge what we believe, have an open mind and get news from multiple sources to find the truth for yourself. With that in mind we cannot blame the unarmed teen who lost his life. Nor can we continue to blame Zimmerman, who has already been exonerated by the judicial