Criticisms Of News Media

My main criticisms of the news media today are that they do not show both sides of the story, they tend to cover items that should not be news. The things they do well is that they keep you informed on topic they deem fit, and of course the weather and traffic updates.
The media does not show both sides of the story the majority of the time. For example, there was this one video on Facebook and it was of the Black Lives Matter movement and this woman was saying along the lines of let’s not burn our buildings and lets not loot our stores and that went viral. The other part of the video is what I would say the media did not want you to see, she continues on in her rant and says let’s go to white neighborhoods and burn their house and steal their things. A lot of the main media outlets did not cover that and I think they should have. They were deceiving the public into thinking that they

People who are uncommitted or torn between the candidates can be swayed by the media on who to vote for. The candidates are aware of the influence of media and often spend a lot of their time staging media so that they will look good on camera and come across good to voters. For example, when Roosevelt used his “Fireside Chats”, he soothed the nation about the economic times and the war by talking on the radio. If a Politian is good they will know how to work the media in their advantage and this is how the majority of our presidents get elected and how they get bills passed. The media focuses of some issues while not focusing on others and that is another way they get things done in politics. Ronald Raegan was a movie star and that significantly helped win the race because he was already so popular and he already knew how to talk to the American people. Certain media outlets will only show democrats and others republican and that influences people on who to vote for. Politics is how a lot of news media gets views because it