Assignment 2B

I learned that Main Streamed media news stations, based on their political views seem more bias to that side and in the way their new stations news is presented to the world. Government swayed news stations see to cover things up, focus on the politics and make things on sided. The worst the story is made out to be the more ratings and money the station gets. On the other hand, Alternative independent news stations talk about the affects on the community, want to show you both sides as is and politics aren’t the main focus. I looked an article about a boy that was friends with my brother’s and lived in our neighbor. I knew the story already he set a mattress on fire but tried to put it out before it got out of control. Then the police arrived and two of them died and I knew what Main Streamed media stations were already saying, it was all over the news and papers. He was portrayed as a monster, that he set the mattress on fire on purpose. He was a troublemaker and he deserved max time for his crime. While on Metro news, the little news paper you get in the train station a newspaper just to read while on the train said he was a stupid kid and he doesn’t deserved to have half of his life taken away . It was the building fault for leaving the mattress and the officers fault for not following emergency protocol. Main Stream and Alternative news have different point of views when it comes to how the news is given and perceived.