A Different Kind of Columbine: Media in Today's Society

Essay 4 Both Michael Moore and Beth Loffreda present excellent examples of how the media is able to manipulate and mold our society's understanding of violence. Moore demonstrates his views through film in Bowling for Columbine, whereas Loffreda uses print in order to get her ideas out there in Losing Matt Shepard. Moore and Loffreda each take drastically different approaches in regard to how they presented facts to back up their respective arguments. Moore liberally interprets …

…bother to write about it. It is my opinion that if something affects you, whether it is positively or negatively, it will come through, either purposely or accidentally. The only thing society can do is to stop looking for answers we do not have. Rather, we can try to understand the facts of what really happened - to separate fact from fiction, and simply learn from our mistakes in order to change for the better.