Bias In The Media Analysis

Have you ever been to see a celebrity up close? Have you ever been less than a hundred feet away from somebody everyone in the country knows? Have you ever waited in line for hours just to get in to see this person? Last year, I went to see Donald Trump when he came to talk in Fredericksburg, and it really changed my views on people and on the media. I believed that the media was only slightly bias, and that people were generally good people, but I was mistaken. I went to the Trump Rally when he came to Fredericksburg last year “for the lul”. I was trying to be edgy, but I learned a lot when I went. The media portrayed the event with obvious bias towards their party. While I was there, I observed a ton of relatively normal people. However, depending on what news you were watching, you would either think that only veterans and disabled individuals were there, or that only biker gangs were there. The Democratic news sources showed mainly the biker gang members on their news, while the Republican news sources showed mainly the veterans and disabled individuals that were there. It really opened my eyes to just how biased it could be. I believed that the news was biased, but I didn't really understand the full extent of just how biased it could be. …show more content…
While I was waiting in line, I interacted with entrepreneurs who saw an opportunity to make money, activists seeing the opportunity to get people to sign petitions (and then proceed to harass them when they didn’t want to), Democrats trying to persuade you to vote for Hillary Clinton, as well as attention seekers who would dress up in costumes and run along the line of people. People tend to take advantage of a celebrity's following and the group they bring. Men, women, and children were all subject to this kind of behavior. Age is irrelevant, as is social status. Everyone wants to use and abuse a celebrity’s following for their own