In What Way Does The Media Influence The Majority Of People

The media influences the majority of people that read it. People are easily swayed by what they read. Media coverage has become one sided, unfair, and is getting worse every day. Media has the ability to reach practically everyone in the country. The more the media is one sided, the easier it will be for those in favor of the press to get farther into what they are trying to complete. The press is majorly against Donald Trump. The media can take what Trump says and twist it in a way it will portray him as they want. In doing so, a large portion of voters despise Donald Trump. With more people disliking Mr. Trump, it makes it easier for Hillary Clinton to pull ahead in the presidential race. In addition to twisting what Donald Trump says, the media can, and has, twisted what Mrs. Clinton has said. The press has the ultimate power of portraying people how they want. …show more content…
The media is like a shepherd herding all of its sheep. The shepherd, or press, portray the person of their choosing how they would like and their sheep, or readers and followers, believe it all. Thus, they influence their whole audience to think like them over time. In doing so, it gives media a power over the people that most people don't even notice. A great policy to make would be that the press has to say what the person says, in the context they say it. More than not the press will take a quote out of context and either make the person stating it look horrendous or perfect. The media will bring up old and irrelevant items of the persons past to make them seem