To Catch A Predator Analysis

The documentary demonstrated how the media is consolidated and how it’s a problem for society. It states that all of media is owned by a few people who run it like a corporation. The video argues its point well, having creditable sources and interviews. It had interviews with retired new anchors and currently employed news anchors and reporters. The film says that the news is more concerned about rating and making money than the type of stories it puts out. It backs it up by using MSNBC’s To Catch A Predator as an example. It talks about how they had Bill Conradt, who was an assistant District Attorney, and the producers where very pushy about getting him to the house for the story. The video stated that the producers only wanted to catch him

because they would gain views from it and it would be a great story. The film also says that people are more informed about celebrities than they are about the government, economy, and the environment. This adds to the argument that the news we get today is not the same quality it used to be. Reporters interview people who where new anchors back in the 60s confirming that the quality of news has changed dramatically. It has first hand account stories of reporters who were fired for digging into the wrong stories. They would explain the story they where reporting and every story someone in power did not want the truth to get out or was protecting a brands image. It also gets worse than that; it also claims that the government has covered up stories. The government also sides with the Media conglomerates making policies allowing the consolidation of the media. It even goes into detail about reporters being fired because they where looking in to stories that dealt with the government. The Documentary gives an example where thousands of citizens rallied and protested against a policy but the FCC still favored the corporations. It also sates that corporations have spent about $400,000,000 lobbying the government. This adds support to the claim that the government and the media conglomerates are working together to consolidate the media and to control what information we see. This documentary has an underlined theme stressing the importance of good reporters and how the truth is being kept from the American people. The style of the film was persuasive and informative. It informed the viewers about the consolation of media and the dangers of it. It also did a good job of persuasion. The video offered sound counter arguments to their claims and disputing them in a logical and intelligent way.