There was a time in America where the news people were receiving was reliable and didn’t really have a lot of political bias like the modern day FOX news or MSNBC. There was a time where news Anchors had a lot of power because over many years of working within that industry they had built up trust with the people who watch it. Now people need to be educated on media because there is a heavy bias in certain media outlets. Words are twisted and the same story can be used as positive on one side but on the other negative. It is this reason why I have stopped watching cable news myself because a majority of the news is a lot people yelling at each other over different opinions. I also believe that this divide in news coverage has created a divide within our country. Republicans and democrats fight with each other day in and day out about what’s “right” and watching this from the outside has caused me to not really want to be a part of either side. Not to mention that what the news covers causes people to live in fear of how violent they think our society has become. When in fact our crime rates in America has been the lowest they’ve ever been. The news in the modern day society isn’t here to bring us the truth and they aren’t here exposing companies and letting the people in on important problems that need the nations attention. The news is now out for money and views and that means to broadcast anything that’s going to maximize their views. With our current president in place, Trump has called out the media for being “fake news” and this has caused a lot of news outlets to clean up their act. Why this is so relevant is because the News is supposed to be for the people and not for themselves, on top of that this could cause a lot of general distrust for the news anchors we used to know and trust. A lot of times they have no power over it either because if they want to report on something very relevant that isn’t all that interesting and their views drop a significant amount. Well then it looks like that news anchor is out of a job. Isn’t that something? The people in America need to be more educated on the news and fact check the news because everything people hear today are topics they fight about with friends and family members because they are always reinforced by a news outlet that only lines up with someones views. A great example of news outlets and anchors reporting on what matters and what doesn’t is a show called The News Room. These episodes show people what it’s like to have to deal with reporting on the truth or reporting on a topic that will get you more views. It will also show the consequences of what happens when your views tank and the stress of it all. In my opinion I don’t think everything within America should be treated like a business to fill your pockets with money. There are certain things like the news that should be taken very seriously and shouldn’t be used to manipulate an audience.