Media, in our republic, was designed to keep the people up to date on all of the current news and events. All American’s have the right to the freedoms of speech and of the press. News now a day’s falls under three main networks, which are MSNBC, CNN, and FOX. These news networks all are biased. MSNBC is Liberal (Democrat), while FOX is Conservative (Republican and Tea Parties). CNN generally stays in the middle. Although all of this may be true, some of these news networks have almost taken their biased news too far. They have lost their roles as giving the CORRECT, up to date news, and basically just try to attack the opposite parties. One such example of attacking another party is the Sarah Palin and Tucson Shooting.
The Tucson Shooting was a tragic occurrence. Representative Giffords was shot in the head at the shooting. After the shooting, MSNBC, ABC, and CNN used this chance to attack the Right-Wing conservatives. They had the footage of Sarah Palin putting crosshairs on Representative Giffords at a Tea Party Rally. They claimed that the man, Jared Loughner, shot the Representative following what Sarah Palin was implying by the crosshairs. They claimed he was an obsessed active member of the Tea Party.
First of all, Jared Loughner was not even part of the Tea Party. In fact, he actually was a Left-Wing Democrat. He claimed that he had not even seen the footage of Palin’s Crosshair nonsense. His motivation was unknown, but judging by his MySpace page and YouTube account, something was wrong with him or bothering him severely. His last words on his MySpace page were, “Please don’t be mad at me”.
Second is that Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs were blown way out of proportion. The crosshairs weren’t signaling an attack on Representative Giffords and other Representatives. They were showing Tea Party members which Representatives would have to be taken out to get rid of ObamaCare and other Democrat’s laws that were passed in President Obama’s term so far. Every major company uses the term “targets” for their annual goals. Even Chris Matthews, who most people would call Liberal, has his own show called “Crossfire”. All of these terms are related to shooting.
MSNBC and other major networks tried to blame the shooting on the Tea Party members just because the party was opposing them. This is just one way of showing how the media now is super biased and only shows what they choose to show. This is not the job of the Media, but to provide news correctly so the American people can be up to date. I know I can be also biased, but in order to get the whole picture I do watch all these major networks to try to understand each political side/view and make and informed opinion/descision.
The Tucson Shooting was a tragic occurrence. Representative Giffords was shot in the head at the shooting. After the shooting, MSNBC, ABC, and CNN used this chance to attack the Right-Wing conservatives. They had the footage of Sarah Palin putting crosshairs on Representative Giffords at a Tea Party Rally. They claimed that the man, Jared Loughner, shot the Representative following what Sarah Palin was implying by the crosshairs. They claimed he was an obsessed active member of the Tea Party.
First of all, Jared Loughner was not even part of the Tea Party. In fact, he actually was a Left-Wing Democrat. He claimed that he had not even seen the footage of Palin’s Crosshair nonsense. His motivation was unknown, but judging by his MySpace page and YouTube account, something was wrong with him or bothering him severely. His last words on his MySpace page were, “Please don’t be mad at me”.
Second is that Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs were blown way out of proportion. The crosshairs weren’t signaling an attack on Representative Giffords and other Representatives. They were showing Tea Party members which Representatives would have to be taken out to get rid of ObamaCare and other Democrat’s laws that were passed in President Obama’s term so far. Every major company uses the term “targets” for their annual goals. Even Chris Matthews, who most people would call Liberal, has his own show called “Crossfire”. All of these terms are related to shooting.
MSNBC and other major networks tried to blame the shooting on the Tea Party members just because the party was opposing them. This is just one way of showing how the media now is super biased and only shows what they choose to show. This is not the job of the Media, but to provide news correctly so the American people can be up to date. I know I can be also biased, but in order to get the whole picture I do watch all these major networks to try to understand each political side/view and make and informed opinion/descision.
In modern society technology and media are at everyone's finger tips. With all of the technology that is in the world it gives people many options. If someone does not want to hear something on a specific news station there are many other news stations that are there for them to watch. Media can go overboard at times but it is about getting the information that you are seeing straight. Just because something is on the news does not mean that it is true. Just like everything that is on the internet is not true. Many people should realize that fact. News channels are biased but it is their job to be that way. They are trying to appeal to a certain demographic. So all of the information that they give is going to make their side look good and the other bad. That is the way our media works. If someone has a problem with what is being said then they can change the channel or visit a different internet website.
ReplyDeleteAwesome point theo! Everything you see on the Internet and media is not always true.. And yes I see your point on how a particular medias job is supposed to be biased.
ReplyDeleteOne of the greatest things about our country is our free speech. Taking away this will not only ruin our country but it will be the fail of democracy.
ReplyDeleteIf I am the owner of one of the television stations discussed, I have a right to say anything, to an extent, about whatever I like.
I agree with you when you say they can watch something else. Are you trying to inform readers of this or are you calling for regulations on the television industry?
No i don't want any regulations. I was basically informing to take everything posted on news with a grain of salt. I would never want any more regulations from the government because I personally want less government interaction. I totally get what your saying Brandon and those are awesome points. Like I said I just wanted to inform.
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to disagree. The use of gun or war imagery such as cross hairs is a statement of violence. Just as doves are a symbol of peace, guns and that associated with them are a symbol of battle. I would challenge you to review your own language: you wrote "They were showing Tea Party members which Representatives would have to be taken out to get rid of ObamaCare and other Democrat’s laws that were passed in President Obama’s term so far." The phrase "taken out" is violent. It is the language one uses when one wants to "take out the bad guy," usually by assassination. Such language is layered, and cannot be separated from the violence that is commonly associated with it. The fact that you used violent language to explain what the cross hairs mean, suggests that you have internalized the violent metaphor of this particular symbol.
ReplyDeleteHaha good point Mrs. Amanda. Yes I did say that and I should have chose a better group of words. I did not mean for the violent implication. And I see your point of the violence being implied by the crosshairs but I think they just should have used a different symbol to mean what they were saying.
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