FBI Agents portrayed in the media In a survey I conducted in English class, I asked my classmates what they thought of when they heard the word “FBI Agents.” Some responses I received were mainly television shows: “Criminal Minds,” “NCIS,” and “Men in Black” (even though it’s a movie). Other responses went into the actions the FBI takes: “breaking down doors,” “protecting the president,” and “solving mysterious cases.” However, whenever we have seen them portrayed in the media, the views have generally been that they can solve cases extremely fast, they’re serious, and they only deal with murderers and terrorists. Many television shows, such as Criminal Minds, solve cases in a matter of days and get evidence back within hours. In the very
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For example in the television show White Collar Agent Peter Burke is very serious and you never really see him laugh. Whether it’s because his new ‘partner’ is Neal Caffrey; who had just broken out of prison and was brought back to prison by Burke. Neal Caffrey is also trying to joke around with Agent Burke but he never takes it for example one of their conversations went like this: Peter Burke, “The amount of work I do equals certain things in the real world. Not cappuccino in the clouds.” Neal Caffrey starts with one of his cunning lines “Look, I will find out were June buys her coffee if it’s that important to you.” Burke starts to get angry at this point saying “It’s not about the coffee” (“Pilot”). The FBI deals with such a large number of crimes, “in 2014, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 14, 249,” (Fbi.gov) that is just murders alone just think of all the cyber-crime, organized crimes, white-collar crime, etc. they deal with yearly. So having a strong mind set and being extremely focused on the job is a very large factor in the line of work. Would anyone want someone who is constantly laughing and making jokes while they are standing over a dead body? Or even just not having their mind completely focused on the …show more content…
Like most would normally think most people generalize this group of people with the FBI. The media does not help with showing that in fact they also deal with a lot of other problems as well. During the first episode of Criminal Minds Agent Morgan starts to explain to the trainees that the also deal with other things. That Conversation went a little something like this: The trainee says, “Hold on. Metesky wasn’t a serial killer. None of his bombs ever killed anyone. “Agent Morgan then says, “Well you think all we do is serial killers? Trust me, we cover the whole spectrum of psychos. We profiled the D.C. Sniper, the Unabomber. We do terrorist, arsonist—“(Extreme Aggressor”). This conversation ended whenever Agent Morgan got a phone call. Not all media portrays the FBI to deal with different things and even if they do it’s almost always over looked. The FBI deal with many things including murderers/serial killers and terrorist but also counterintelligence, cyber-crime, weapons of mass destruction, public corruption, civil rights, organized crimes, white-collar crime, and violent crime and major thefts
For example in the television show White Collar Agent Peter Burke is very serious and you never really see him laugh. Whether it’s because his new ‘partner’ is Neal Caffrey; who had just broken out of prison and was brought back to prison by Burke. Neal Caffrey is also trying to joke around with Agent Burke but he never takes it for example one of their conversations went like this: Peter Burke, “The amount of work I do equals certain things in the real world. Not cappuccino in the clouds.” Neal Caffrey starts with one of his cunning lines “Look, I will find out were June buys her coffee if it’s that important to you.” Burke starts to get angry at this point saying “It’s not about the coffee” (“Pilot”). The FBI deals with such a large number of crimes, “in 2014, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 14, 249,” (Fbi.gov) that is just murders alone just think of all the cyber-crime, organized crimes, white-collar crime, etc. they deal with yearly. So having a strong mind set and being extremely focused on the job is a very large factor in the line of work. Would anyone want someone who is constantly laughing and making jokes while they are standing over a dead body? Or even just not having their mind completely focused on the …show more content…
Like most would normally think most people generalize this group of people with the FBI. The media does not help with showing that in fact they also deal with a lot of other problems as well. During the first episode of Criminal Minds Agent Morgan starts to explain to the trainees that the also deal with other things. That Conversation went a little something like this: The trainee says, “Hold on. Metesky wasn’t a serial killer. None of his bombs ever killed anyone. “Agent Morgan then says, “Well you think all we do is serial killers? Trust me, we cover the whole spectrum of psychos. We profiled the D.C. Sniper, the Unabomber. We do terrorist, arsonist—“(Extreme Aggressor”). This conversation ended whenever Agent Morgan got a phone call. Not all media portrays the FBI to deal with different things and even if they do it’s almost always over looked. The FBI deal with many things including murderers/serial killers and terrorist but also counterintelligence, cyber-crime, weapons of mass destruction, public corruption, civil rights, organized crimes, white-collar crime, and violent crime and major thefts