Chunk #2

In the second chunk of The Culture of Fear, Barry Glassner continues to go on about how the media repetitively are still using facts -- but sometimes, they facts, numbers, and statistics they use are false, wrong, and incorrect. For example, in the chapter called "Youth at Risk", as the title obviously screams, it focus on media and media's take on children. He talks about these "crack babies" and how society decides to refute them. The media also talks about how the youth produce these children and that these young moms and dads are only a menace to today's society. Again, the media is only exaggerating again. But this time, they're not only exaggerating, but they are lying as well. Making out the youth to be something they're not. In this chapter, Glassner again exploits these "fear mongers" he had previously talked about and how they use fear to real in people and get them to buy their lies.

Application Question:
Why is it that the media goes as far to tell a story and not even get their facts straight?

Classification Question:
Do you think that children are purposely having children because they want to?