Don’t Blame Social Media for Ferguson’s Troubles.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, made a controversial comment, in regards to the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, of Michael Brown (pictured). He claimed social media was to blame for the change of stories that were told by some of the witnesses. Social media apparently wavered peoples statement due to the claims that the shooting was a racist attack. He also blamed it for the 24 hour news institutions getting a bad representation.
The article also says that social media is not to be blamed for the riots and after events of Ferguson as the social media gave another view that news channels were not able to give that same live view because there were objects that were hurled at institutions, causing them to retreat.
In my opinion, I think social media is not to blame, but social media always makes opinions and stories escalate, due to the amount of people who are able to read it and get views and opinions from other people. Truthfully, if there was no access to opinions about the Ferguson, alot of people would have no idea that this happened, because alot of youth get their news from social media.
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