One of the topics that the media effected me was the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. I was in my 6th grade english class where my mother pulled me out of school and I had no idea as to why. Until I got home and saw the coverage at Ground Zero on Television and I heard and saw what had happened. Every news channel in the country had the incident on and they said a lot of bad things about the Muslim people because the terrorists were followers of the Muslim religion. The media covered every angle and every single thing about the Twin Towers being knocked down by the two airplanes. They discussed why it happened, who was responsible, what this attack, will do to us as a country in the future.
The media proved many points during their reports about the attack and the aftermath. The people of the United States didn't trust anyone. Racism towards Muslims increased dramatically and the media exploited every problem with that. CNN for example, has a news station that is twenty four hours a day and they covered 9/11 for a long time as well as other issues.
The news media had so many pictures and videos of what took place on that terrible day. The pictures are horrific and unbelievable and the media did an outstanding job covering the topic. Imagine if there was no news media. No media at all. What if the news media didn't cover this story or what would the world be like today? News media is very important they bring up so many topics to discuss and debate over and 9/11 was definitely the biggest.
The news media effected many peoples views and opinions of people, trust issues, what took, place, what will happen, what is the President going to do, what will the City of New York do, I mean every little thing the media covered and effected. I would like to be a part of the news media on the radio though. The talk, shows and news stations on the AM dial, also talked about every option and aspect of the incident. It is terrible that the event took place at all, but the news media does more than what you think, they do to cover a story. They cover every detail possible and that is great and that is how the news media effects the history of the United States in one way.
By Gary Riefenhauser
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