I've been following this Ferguson situation closely on social media and it has been quite interesting analyzing how mainstream media is reporting compared to the updates that are coming from the protesters and journalists who are actually there. For instance, most of the looting going on in Ferguson is centralized and actually quite sparse. However, the media is leading the masses to believe that there is mass looting and crime going on when it's really not. On the contrary, most of the protesters are stopping the looting before it even starts. I think in total there have been only a few separate incidents but they have not burned down the city. The protests from what I have seen from the updates on sites such as twitter and tumblr have been quite peaceful despite the media's depictions. It's the police that are causing the most chaos. These biased news outlets are not about to broadcast anything that will inspire change purposely. That's why people should always look beyond media and the press for real change and informative movements. The mainstream media has no one's best interest at heart that isn't worth money. Someone on twitter pointed out that there was footage that was not even from Ferguson or Missouri being used as "footage" from looters. They seem to be doing anything to make this murder excusable.
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