Dear Mr. President,
On behalf of America, I would like
to portray to you my opinion on media. Media is an evil, manipulative
corporation but it is also a human right. This controversial topic sets forth a
substantial amount of criticism and a fine line should be set between what is
just media, and what is immoral media. As president it is your duty to create
this imaginary line of what is right and wrong but perhaps my opinion can help
sway your choice. Media has the power to start or end a war, ruin a persons
life, bring great pain to people, cause suicides, or it can even just express
which team won the most recent NBA game. There are examples of controlled media
around the world and media is used to manipulate children but can even bring
forth the truth to vital predicaments, for example the revolution of a country.
The question set into the open is should media be controlled?
Popular
media is such a controversial divisive topic mainly because it can bring so
much good and on the other hand, can cause so much destruction. Media is a
powerful tool that can do anything from getting a person to buy a product, to
convincing someone to think and act a certain way. I do not believe media
should be controlled to a certain extent, the people have the right to know
everything, but the way everything is presented is not beneficial to this
country. People believe certain talk show hosts and anchormen religiously and
that can become a problem when biased news corporations are manipulating half
the country. People around the globe idolize American popular culture,
according to Todd Gitlin, author of the article, “Under the Sign of Mickey
Mouse and Co.” who states “American popular culture is the nemesis that
hundreds of millions – perhaps billions – of people love, and love to hate”
(Gitlin, 826). Around the world people everywhere aspire to be a part of
American culture and it is drastically changing the way this world operates.
People
everywhere have the right to have media fill them in on what is happening in
the world, that is a human right. However, it is getting to the point where
major corporations, especially in America, are growing too powerful too
quickly. These manipulative corporations are allowed to do whatever they want,
many of which “study America’s children like laboratory rats in order to sell
them billions of dollars in merchandise by tempting, degrading, and corrupting
them” (Kuplian, 650) according to David Kuplian, author of “Killer Culture”.
The world has drastically changed due to the technology that was unavailable
before the new century began. Children are gradually decreasing the time they
spend outside and dramatically increasing the time spent in front of the
television. If Americas youth is going to be spending all this time in front of
the television, there should not be a series of advertisements playing eighty
percent of the time with the sole purpose of brainwashing and manipulating
society into purchasing their products.
Sincerely,
Ryan Lubell
Third Quarter Score: 10
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