THE EFFECT OF MEDIA ON THE PUBLICS OPINION

Mass media - have you ever taken the time to consider two articles about the same thing? Some may be more bias against a group or idea, while others keep a strict, non bias view. The way the media portrays events may change or even corrupt people's thoughts on certain public matters. This paper will dissect four articles on the Woodstock riots and show the relationships and differences between them.

On a Sunday night, near the closing song of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, there were a few bonfires were reported. The firefighters, feeling they were under control, let these bonfires burn. Then Limp Bizkit came on, another hard-core band. In their song "Breakstuff," the audience climbed a television camera tower and began ripping equipment and other electrical devices off of them. After Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, another hard-core band, played hard-core music that could have easily incited violence. When the smoke cleared away Monday afternoon, not only were thirty-seven people arrested, out of a countless number; there was also hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damaged equipment.

In the articles, "They Must Have Run Out of Drugs" and " Woodstock R

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The article also places blame on the vendors and the fact that certain bands were placed back to back. 7) Another similar quote by an unknown person, "Oh man they must of run out of drugs, " (page 1 & 2) struck the author so much that he made it the title. The editors and journalists will move the blame to the crowd, which will most easily and more likely be blamed by the public. Parker stated, "When it first started there was something to it, it has a little bit of meaning when you pay $4 dollars for a pretzel. 3) his statement helped direct the blame at high prices. These quotes also try and persuade the public's opinion as to whether or not the riots were the faults of the accused. The author blamed all the problems at Woodstock on the teens who were there. In the article "Woodstock Gets Ugly," the author put the blame on a series of people instead of a single group. The band was said to have urged the audience to "break stuff. These facts make "Woodstock Gets Ugly" a true non bias article. It leaves you disliking the immature teens for ruining one of the namesakes of the 1960's, but also angry with the producers of the show, who exploited and used the name "woodstock" to make a profit.

The motivation in these articles may be teen bashing or to show the mistake of everyone as a whole.

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Approximate Word count = 985
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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