Rhetorical Analysis Of News Scenarios

Democracy only works if the United States citizens are informed responsibly and frequently. As citizens who are actively involved in elections -whether by voting or running for office- United States citizens need to be informed by non-bias news networks. Politicians rely on Americans not to be informed, that they will follow their words and plans without looking at them closer and seeing their flaws. Davis Mindich reflects this well in his passage. When citizens are not informed about what is happening in their government, it gives all of the control to the people in charge. This puts the citizens at a disadvantage because they will not get a say in what happens to their tax dollars and how the government deals with emergencies. Citizens often get information online or from news channels on the television. The issue with this is, networks tend to lean strongly to one side or the other. If one goes to a liberal
This is called yellow journalism and it is used almost daily in newspapers, social media, and news stations. Yellow journalism is used when a story is black and white; news outlets know the story won’t sell so they twist and tweak a few details. The end result is a story the invokes a strong reaction from the public. This is dangerous to the public because citizens are being misinformed about current events occurring in their own country. Citizens deserve to get the truth about every situation happening in their domain. When misinformed about a death, people tend to act out violently and without thought. This behavior is only encouraged when the media reports about the reaction, subtly telling others to join them or fight against them. Yellow journalism is a curse to democracy that leads to chaos and destruction. When the citizens utilize the multiple resources available to them, they would find out the truth of situations. Instead the relay on corrupt media