Im sure most of you have heard about this case by now. It about a pakistan man turned U.S. Citizen named Shahzad. Shahzad is accused of attempting to set off a vehicle bomb in Times Square on May 1. Shahzad bout the suv and stuffed it with massive amounts of explosive devices hoping to kill 40 ppl or more. He chose Times Square due to its dense population and picked the prime time to park his vehicle and attemp to set off his bomb as he left it parked. Due to faulty equipment the bomb failed to detonate and onlookers saw smoke coming from the vehicle and called the authorities where they determined it was a bomb. Shazhad was arrested two days later while tring to leave the country back to pakistan. The authorities caught him quickly and effectively. He was tried and pleaded guilty to multiple accounts of terrorism and wmd. He was sentenced to life in prison. Obviously this was a high profile case considering its potential damage and location. The media was all over this case and it gave constant facts and updates. Like in the reading it shows how the media can corrupt people's thinking and judgment and I can see this happening here. People were already on edge because of the 9/11 attacks and current war going on. The media I noticed purposely pointed out and noted comments such as praising allah and war on america has just begun. With comments like these it is only showing a bad reputation to the muslim community once again. I even read some of the comments left by ppl all around the U.S. about this story they also showed no remorse and hatred towards muslims not just this individual. I believe this is a problem because not all muslims are terrorists. The media even quoted high profile members of society such as the FBI field office of New York, New York Comissioner, New York senator all staing the same thing justice was given and threatening to those who will follow in Shazhad's footsteps. The media helps control the publics opinion and the politican and high ranking officials have to please the public to get reelceted. So if the media portrays someone as evil and the public agree the high ranking members will due whatever it takes to please the people of America. So CJ can be manipulated easily with media. I do believe this is crime entertainment. It gave people entertainment with gossip, anger and satisfaction which in my opinion resembles anything that reflects the word entertainment.
Next time, can you put some paragraphs in here? It will make your blog easier to read. Thanks.
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