Youth crime news: Media are problem, media are the solution

Jamieson, Robert L. "Media are problem, media are the solution." Seattle-pi. 10 Apr. 2001. 

http://www.seattlepi.com/jamieson/17979_robert10.shtml

The media might create a lot of problems and conflicts in our lives but I also provides many solutions and Answers. The media has lots of pictures, especially with news on the T.V., about important events. "But increasingly those images are providing a distorted, if dire, view of adolescents and crime, according to a national study to be released today." But on the other hand, would we get the full picture unless we got those strong images?

"The report said: "The problem is not the inaccuracy of individual stories, but that the cumulative choices of what is included -- or not included -- in the news presents the public with a false picture of higher frequency and severity of crime than is actually the case."" So, We either risk the chance of not having a full story or having the full story but from 'one point of view'.

I can see both sides of this argument. We talk about this in class all the time. I think the media really does have corrupted points of view, but I can see the need for the full story even if it was filmed by just one person. It is really hard for me personally to take a side on this topic.