Detecting Media Bias

Detecting Media Bias

By: Cinthia Valdivia

HUM/114

January 28, 2013

Instructor: Gordon Hurley

The most recent story on my internet search engine nationwide manhunt for escaped Inmate from a Detroit jail. This news story caught my eye immediately simple because in the first two sentences of this news story it stated that he “walked out of jail”. The authorities did not notice Rocky Marquez, 34, was missing from a Detroit jail until five days after he walked out the front door undetected. He simply switched wristbands with another fellow inmate that resembled him and the type of body built as him.

The report was not detailed at all, but it did cover most important highlights of the story. It stated why he was in prison and that he had previously walked out of a Phoenix jail eight months ago. They also stated that his criminal record includes drug smuggling, perjury and witness tampering. He was awaiting extradition to Phoenix when he escaped last week. The facts that they reported were this was the second time escaped from jail, literally walking out of jail but they did not mention why this was the seconding time happening. Having his type of criminal record and knowing that he did this before, he should have been under some type of surveillance or high risk jail. This story did not consider any alternative perspectives being that this case was still under investigation. The U.S. Marshalls are still investigating this case as to why this inmate keeps walking out of jail and why the jail keeps allowing for this kind of things to happen. The prison guards in my point of view should pay more attention to their inmates and have some type of tracking their inmates better.

What was really emphasizes in this news story was that he kept escaping from jail, but what really ignored where the facilities and the reasons why they allowed this types of mistakes. It is really important to make distinctions when undertaking a critical evaluation...