To what extent does the media exadurate the levels of youth crime in the uk?

Question

this question is for my a2 media exam...all views are welcome as i need a balanced response

Answer 1

All media exploit incidents of violence, no matter what nation they occur in. The print outlets all have space for adverts. And they can't add to the toll of those reading the adverts and purchasing the goods mentioned therein, without attracting a large enough audience to accomplish that purpose.

In the U.S. and on the commercial electronic media outlets in the U.K. the same rule follows. One has to attract a crowd so that the captive audience can be sold things. It is the modern media reversal of what the great showman P.T. Barnum used to yell at the audiences to get them to exit:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this way to the Great Egress!".