Mad City Film Analysis

The media should be a place where important information is broadcasted, a place where bias doesn’t exist and a place where people go to in order to obtain information about what’s happening around us, but what if everything we’re seeing are all lies. In the film, Mad City a man’s life is put on the line for the ratings, we see how cold blooded people can be and we get to see how they are capable of manipulating everyone into believing everything they say. Max knew very well that Sam was a little unstable, yet he still persisted on broadcasting the story. When Max was going outside to get the equipment, Sam asked, “ How do I know you’re coming back? “ and Max replied, “ because you’re the best story in town ”. Max could’ve walked out of the …show more content…
Laurier was soo cold blooded that she had no regard that a man just took his own life because of the actions she and the rest of the crew made. She even went as far as telling everyone to not touch the bloody scene so it would look good on camera. Laurier cared more for the footage and how it would look on camera more than an actual human being ending their life. The death of Sam can’t all be blamed on Laurie and Max it was also the fault of the crew. The crew removed parts of the interview with Sam’s wife and mother in order to portray Sam as a pathetic and dangerous person, they used the family’s pain to create a better story they even found a stranger to act like Sam’s best friend. The crew had no pity towards Sam, they did what they needed to do in order to create a good story even if it means hurting innocent people along the way. Next time when you watch the media reconsider if what you’re watching is the truth because bias may be present. When we watch the news we never think about if bias is present in a specific article or not, we assume that everything that is being said to us is the truth, but before believing everything you hear just know that there’s a chance that a big part of the story is being left