Methods Of Misrepresentation Essay

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Ever since the beginning of news, there have been minor alterations to the reports. Doing anything to get their ratings to increase, changes would have to be made, whether it’s simply bending the truth a little or labeling someone or something. In Michael Parenti’s “Methods of Misrepresentation”, Parenti uses his methods of political bias in the news. The news main goal is to grab our attention, no matter what effects it has on the viewers. This is how some mainstream reporters are politically and media biased. “Media plays an extensive role in an individual’s daily life. Right from the second you wake up till you go to bed after saying goodnight to your wife, kid, parents, siblings or friends, you are surrounded in a world built just for you by the media.” (Shafi). The News isn’t the only one influencing the world; no one really notices this but Advertisements play an important role in Media Brainwashing. In the video “Outfoxed,” we see many of Michael Parenti’s methods being used by FOX News and interviews by some of Fox’s previous staff talking about the way they were treated while working there, and what they were and were not allowed to do; even after they stopped working there. Editing is always a useful tool when wanting to hide something. In this video there are many examples of omitting. The newscasts only show or tell what they need to, to make us view the story or subject as they would. In this video we also see the news reporters to “Shut Up!” when they hear or say something that they do not want the public to know. By this, we can see that they are omitting some information and they crack down when a guest brings this information into light. Another example found in the movie “Outfoxed” is Parenti’s method of Placeme... ... middle of paper ... ... need to focus harder on providing us with information that is truly important to our lives. Now that we know, we, the audience must not believe everything we hear on the news and if we are truly interested in a story we hear, we must look into it for ourselves by going on the internet and looking up various articles about the topic that you were interested in. I do agree with all of these sources that advertisement has hurt everyone in negative ways and that many of us would feel more confident about ourselves without them in our lives. I don’t personally don’t agree with what advertisers do because I feel as if they try to find their way into our wallets without caring if we are buying junk or not. I believe that it should be mandatory for people to be handed their money back to them if the product does not come through with what it promises to provide you with.

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