In the article I learned that domestic violence isn't seen as a social problem when really it needs to be. The article is a content analysis on domestic violence fatality and how they are portrayed in newspapers. The media has the power to bring awareness of domestic violence to our society but fail to do so. The media always seems to conclude in their stories that the victim (usually the women) deserves what came to her because she did something to provoke the man. One thing the journalist who write on domestic violence stories are mainly relying on the police as their reliable source and don't bother getting the information from the victim. They also, never go in depth about their story, they usually tell us, who, want, when, and where. They never tell us why it happened or what lead up to domestic violence which would be a key information the public should know I think. Also the news media always portrays domestic violence as the same story over and over again. They don't put enough effort when writing these stories like making each event unique instead of making them all sound the same.
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I read a story on CNN about a Texas judge who was videotaped beating his cerebral palsy daughter with a belt. His daughter is the one who put the camera and hide it because her dad beat her on occasion. I believe this story is newsworthy because the criminal is someone you are supposed to look up to and has high status. Also a young disabled women is involved. I believe in spankings when a child does something bad but not to the extent to where the parent is cursing at the child and pulling down their pants lashing them with a belt bare skinned. What her father did was an abusive act of violence. He obviously has anger issues and thinks he could get away with anything because of his occupation and high status in society. He works in family court and I think abused his power and should all be taken away.
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