Personal Narrative-My Stereotypes In Thunder Alley

One night my family and I went downtown to enjoy Thunder Alley. Thunder Alley was tons of fans standing outside of the Chesapeake Arena to watch the big screens. After awhile my brother and sister got to walk off and go find their friends. I continued to walk around with my mother because I was the youngest and couldn’t leave her side. That night there were several disagreements with different people going on so my mom and I left. Once we got home and turned on the TV unexpectedly my brother was on the news as the shooter of Thunder Alley. I knew my brother began to hang with the wrong crowd but I also know what type of person he was. They began showing him in handcuffs walking into the building while smiling talking to the police. I saw post on Facebook and comments on the news website and thought about how false the things they were saying are. I was no longer a big fan of the news nor did I believe anything they said anymore.
I used to judge people and they things they did when I saw them on the news. Now that my brother was one of those people I began to change
Instead of saying, “We have unconfirmed reports that—This just in! We now have confirmed reports that those unconfirmed reports have been denied. No, wait! There’s a new report denying the confirmation of the denial of the unconfirmed report.” and giving viewers whiplash, they suggest that the reporters simply wait until a story is confirmed before reporting it and do commentary in the meantime. The content of news has an advantage and disadvantage. The circumstances they portray tend to be one sided. Some people prefer reading a newspaper because there information can be more accurate. I don’t feel like the media is actually helping us. I think it scares us more than anything because all the bad that goes on. It helps them get an audience while we are being talked