We all remember early this semester the reporter who on live television quit her job to be an advocate for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. She is known for the F*** It, I Quit. Well Huffington Post says she is under campaign finance investigation. The funds raised are believed to be by crowdsourcing per Alaska Public Office Commission. They want to believe that the funds were used as an initiative to legalize marijuana. "I guess they can't find out if she has broken the law unless the APOC break the law themselves by violating her privacy rights."
Alaska and Oregon this month joined Washington and Colorado as states approving legal pot.
Today's
media is putting pressure on the justice system.
General news about crime and the work of the justice system is very important in creating images of the value of public justice. Corruption and integrity news receives more than any other topic of news. Ferguson and just recently in Cleveland, Tamir Rice, a 12 year old boy was carrying a fake gun and he was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer.
The nature of crime news
coverage and its occurrence in the media, mostly on television has long
been a matter of concern to public officials and the public. I believe that
current coverage practices deflect attention from the causes of crime and the guidelines needed to control it.
Media Coverage Feeds Into Negativity and Then Feeds It To The World
Many say we are what we eat and many eat anything that the MEDIA feed you.
I previously blogging about how media influences behavior. I just wanted to touch on something similar....especially since the decision has been made not to indict the police officer who shoot and killed Mike Brown.
America was on pause on Monday November 24, 2014 at 9:24 ET t when the Grand Jury in Ferguson when Robert McCulloch read the decision not to indict any charges on the officer in the Mike Brown shoot. The news was devasting to many and they mass media knew how to get others to act on the what they were seeing for themselves. CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other state local news anchors broadcasting the news were getting footage of Monday night and just showing the negative side, at every angle they possible could. From the riot to the fires all negative media was being shown on all the news networks.
Violence erupted in the St.
Louis area overnight, leading to more than 80 arrests, as protesters fired more
than 100 gunshots and burned and looted as many as 25 buildings and vandalized
police cars in Ferguson, Mo. The violence was broadcast on all levels of mass media. The negativity was watched across the United States.
St. Louis County police released records early Tuesday showing 61 people were arrested in Ferguson on charges including burglary and trespassing. And St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said 21 people were arrested in the city.
Media did not show one piece of the peaceful protesters or anything positive. For example Boston, Sanford, Louisville and more cities had peaceful demonstrations but media still feed into the negativity.
As I wrote this blog I didn't go to much in detail. I started to get upset at the fact that in America if you shoot someone you go to jail..BUT IF YOU ARE AN OFFICER and you shoot someone you don't. When Did this rule change???? Inquiring Minds Wants to know!!!! ....but that's only an opinion, everyone has one, and you know what people can do with them.
Top officials asked for the news media's help to appeal for calm. They are worry about public's reaction.
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Today's Media is waiting for the Grand Jury decision on whether or not to indict the officer the shot and killed Mike Brown. News media has been asked to inform the people to peaceful protest. Getting the streets ready for whatever verdict is read. Meaning that everyone is watching, and waiting to here what the decision will be.
“If Darren Wilson walks, America must be brought to a halt,” said Lou Downey, a supporter of the Revolutionary Communist Party, a group that advocates for a turbulent version of nonviolence and civil disobedience in Ferguson. “That means no business as usual. It means blocking streets and walking out of schools. It means we refuse to accept this.”
“People are getting anxious, and this doesn’t help that,” said Tony Rice, a frequent protester who helps coordinate the ongoing but small demonstrations outside the Ferguson Police Department.
“I bought into the hype of it being this weekend, even though I knew better.”
Many store owners, community groups, and residents are preparing for the worst but still hoping for the best.
