News Media

News media has a large influence of what people perceive of society. The media is ultimately controlled by whites which causes an issue with the way things are depicted on television. The most recent case which is an example is the case of this is Hurricane Katrina. Although African Americans and whites were both affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the news only showed Blacks stealing from stores and dragging the little belongings they had through the 8 foot high body of water. They failed to show the many white people who were also grabbing handfuls of items in those stores. The media also tends to sweep things under the rug when whites mess up. In the Martin Lee Anderson case, the white males beat an African American child to death yet this one on the news for only a couple of days. This is a pure example of the media showing what they want America to see.