Media Magic: Making Class Invisible

Gregory Mantsios' essay Media Magic: Making Class Invisible he disscusses the biases of media on social class. He explains how each class is distorted in the media and how the "media is neither obkective, balanced, independent, nor neutral." He describes how each class, poor, middle, and rich, are affected by the descrepencies but overall American's are similar to the media.

Mantsios first mentions the poor in his essay and speaks about how in the media the poor do not exist, are faceless, are undeserving, are an eyesore, and only have to blame themselves. When it comes to the wealthy , he talks about how as a class the wealthy do not exist, the wealthy are fascinating and benevolent, they include a few bad apples. The middle class, he claims, is a victim, not a working class, and is us.

My personal opinion is that the media is so uncredibly bias that if they said it was snowing in the middle of summer, people would probably think it was. There are so much that the media keeps from the american people it is unreal. For example the war in Iraq. There is so much going on over there that they don't inform us about. My boyfriend's cousin was over in Iraq serving in the military and he said that it is so inhumane over there and no one would have any idea of what was going on. Also the media dosn't mention the good going on over there and the accomplishments they have achieved, the people they have saved and the good they have done for the towns over there. I believe the media tells us what they want and what they think we (the viewers) want to see and or hear. I think the government also is bias and keeps secrets from the American people as well but that's another disscussion. Overall the media is incredibly bias but they inform American's of what they want to hear, as entertainment.