"Alliens in Arizona"

Lately the news channels have been coving the new immigration law controversy taking place in the state of Arizona. What is interesting is the way in which these stories are covered by the news casters. It is no secrete that different networks reinforce their own ideals, liberal versus conservative. Which ultimately affects how they cover a news story.

While watching the news, a news caster was reporting on the protest against this law in Arizona that is suppose to take place nation wide. He was reporting from Arizona and speaking of where and when and how many people are estimated to take part in this march. Suddenly, the subject quickly changed on a negative note. In the midst of his story about the protest the news reporter quickly jumped to the recent happenings involving a detective or deputy that was shot by alleged illegal’s that were smuggling drugs. Key word: Alleged.

By covering this story, while speaking of the controversy and protest to be taken place against this new immigration law, serves as a means to convince and form viewers opinions on the issue. Those who were already in favor of this new law, now have an additional reason to hold those views. While those who were on the fence, now have reason to sway in favor of this law. This news station has now imbedded a negative image in the eyes of society. They are enforcing their views, obviously pro of this immigration bill, onto its viewers.

What this says to me is that there will always be multiple sides to different issues surrounding the news. If you are a liberal and stick to only watching liberal news networks you will only be exposed to one viewpoint. The same goes for if you are conservative. The best way to get a full perspective on an issue from all sides is to open your mind to all viewpoints. I will say, I did find this type of coverage offensive and unnecessary. I bet these types of incidents happen on a daily basis in the lives of police officers. Just the fact that it happened where it did and that the suspects are supposed to be immigrants calls for an over coverage and exaggeration of the issue.

LV