A big issue in today’s society is weather or not T. V. talk shows should be censored or even banned. Do these talk shows even have a point to them? If there is a point to them, is it even believable? Many people believe that talk television shows should be banned for those two reasons. They also feel that they have no moral value to them at all. In some cases this is true, they have no moral value. Some shows have no point to them and it is basically just garbage. On the other hand there are those shows which actually stand for a cause. These shows play a big part in today’s society and are needed. Although not all television talk shows are believable, they still are needed to act as an informant to the people and challenge their opinions because in today’s society too many people pass judgment without knowing the whole story.
Whether one may agree or not, talk shows contain the power to change people’s views on every situation. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the truth but not lies change their view. Most of the information that people obtain is either from gossip, the news, or talk shows, and one can’t always trust gossip. Half of the time when the news first airs a situation they give you the wrong information and that is how the gossip ring begins. Moreover, news reporters tend to exaggerate the story so it will boost up ratings. As a result, people are forming their opinions without even knowing the truth. Thus the only source left to get true information are from talk shows.
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Being a teenager living in todays modern society is no easy task. Todays generation of youth is continually being faced with more obstacles to overcome than in previous generations. Growing up in the information age of the Internet, cable television, and violent video games, societys youth are being repeatedly exposed by the same media that seems to capture its imagination and attention. The way ...
Talk shows not only inform the people but also challenge their original opinions by telling them both sides of the story. Unfortunately, in today’s society many people form their opinions about other people without knowing anything about them. An example of this is when a man is talking in a high- pitched voice people automatically assumed he is gay. People form opinions without even knowing the truth, then they continue to spread false stereotypes until everybody gets the wrong view. By telling the whole story including both sides of it, talk shows are able to re-inform the audience of what happened. By doing this, most people will be able to understand.
A great example of how television talk shows change people’s opinions is in the show I watched. The show was entitled “ My Lover Killed My Child and Three Cops.” It was the story of Bernice Boyin and Hank Carr. Hank accidentally shot his son and when the cops came to arrest him he got out of the handcuffs and shot them. He then fled the crime scene. About twenty minutes later he took a hostage, but fortunately Bernice talked him into letting her go. Then seconds after he let her go he shot himself. What most people don’t know is that twenty-four hours Bernice was arrested and put in jail. The police were blaming her for the death of the three police officers, accusing her of with- holding evidence from them. Then of course with out knowing the whole story people started blaming her for everything.
They said it was her fault for all of this. She should have left her husband months ago because he beat her, and if she had told the police that at one time he was a felon, the police would have never taken their eyes off of him. Well the Montel William’s show told the whole story. The evidence that she supposedly with held was that he was a criminal at one time, but what they did not tell you is why she didn’t tell them that. While the police were arresting her husband Bernice was with her dying son trying to save him. She was hysterically crying over her son when the police asked her what his name was. More worried about her son then anything else Bernice didn’t answer any of their questions. Next thing they knew two shots were fired and her husband’s truck went racing down the street in his truck. Montel then looked at the audience and told the story in a fashion that they could relate too. He asked all of the mothers in the audience what they would have done in that situation and they all said the same thing Bernice did. He then asked if just because people are mad at what happened are they using her as an escape goat for what her husband did. After asking that question many people started to have doubts about what they originally believed. By telling the whole story and telling it in a way that people could relate to the audience reconsidered their views.
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Diane Kenyon is the author of this story and from the context, we learned that Kenyon is a freelance lecturer, tutor, and writer, and also profoundly deaf. This story talks about the experiences she has been through being deaf, and the solution she hopes to find its way one day. This story is told by a first-person perspective and its opinions are very one sided. She uses a very "annoyed" tone in ...
Even though some talk shows are trash, a majority of them actually serve a purpose. They have the power to influence people’s decisions and change their outlook on situations. If it were not for talk shows many people would have no idea what is going on in this society.
