Was Michael Brown’s killing justified? Michael Brown was an 18-year-old colored person when he was killed by a caucasian police officer. Due to the grudged between people of color and white people the killing of Michael Brown became a controversial topic. Though everyone can make their own decision on who is at fault, the media is going to try to sway their audience. In the process of pushing bias misinterpretation is not uncommon leading to the spread of fake news. Tough the article is biased it can still be credible as credibility is the standard to which you can trust a work to give you true statements instead of fabricated information. Credibility is essentially the reliability of a work. Bias is the suggestion beyond the bare facts that…show more content… Rebecca Lai, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins and Karen Yourish. “What we know about Michael Brown’s Shooting” written from the left-winged publisher CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin. “Michael Brown Shooting: New Video ‘calls into question’ police account of Ferguson case” written from the left-winged publisher The Independent’s Andrew Buncombe. “What happened in Ferguson?” employs diagrams and statistics to push their left-wing bias while “What we know about Michael Brown’s Shooting” uses some quotes, but primarily appeals to a readers pathos to suggest Brown is not an innocent victim and “Michael Brown Shooting: New Video ‘calls into question’ police account of Ferguson case” uses not only quotes, but also statistics to convince you. However, just because the media pushes the bias, it is not only the fault of the media for the spread of fake news, but the over exaggeration of the…show more content… The Andrew Buncombe begins by writing, “New video footage has emerged of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown, which appears to question the claim by police that he had robbed a convenience store shortly before he was shot dead by a white officer.” This starts the article off stoking the flames of those questioning how justified Michael Brown’s death was. Buncombe brings up an interview writing, “They destroyed Michael’s character with the tape, and they didn’t show us what actually happened,” Mr Pollock told the New York Times. “So this shows their intention to make him look bad. And shows suppression of evidence.” This leads the reader to believe the government was as petty as to slanger the ‘victim’s’ character. As stated above this has a negative effect on society as it is not a good thing for people to distrust those entrusted to protect them. The article is overall effective in persuading you to believe the police are at fault, however there are contradictions in the facts as mentioned. In the article Buncombe points out, “In the aftermath of the 2014 shooting, the city of Ferguson reached a deal with the US Justice Department to reform its police department and courts. Federal investigators had found a widespread pattern of racial discrimination and
