Media entry #2 (feelings associated with media)

Media has its ways of finding out how to scare us the most. since we believe that media is 100 percent reliable, we do not question its credibility, therefore believing its stereotypes, exaggerations, and half-truths. this can leave us blind-sided, as well as fearful towards unnecessary things. for example, most Americans think that the entire middle east is restless and unsafe. they also believe that arabs are dangerous terrorists and that the middle east is plotting against them. these are all false accusations. Another recent situation where this happened was the H1N1 flu. the media had jumped on it taking advantage by using it as a major headline. they were speaking about it as if it would end up killing us all! some news stations stated that it would be the worst pandemic to ever come across the earth in the past 500 years. now that it has past, it is judged as the lightest pandemic the world has ever seen.
the news gets more money if more people watch it. if people are scared and hopeless, they look for hope through the news. for the media, they can take advantage of people who are gullable as well as the people who believe what the news has to say.