Q4 Outside Reading #3

During the chapters I read this week in Juiced, Jose Canseco talked about the media a lot. The primary subject was the way it changes the outlook on a person but also that nobody acts as they normally would. People like Alex Rodriguez and Cal Ripken would act like perfect people. He also said that in theory, this wouldn't be any fun to interview, but the reporters keep going back because they just might slip up. This is so true in today's society. If anything goes wrong with an interview, it is seen all over the place. The editing used to put stories together turns a statement in a way that isn't even close to the true meaning. The other element of the media is changing the public appearance of somebody. In the novel, Jose Canseco has the media turned against him because he is a minority in the MLB. People didn't like to have the greatest player be Latin-American, so why not make a true American the best. This is a particularly key element of today's media. For example, politics. In political campaigns the media is used to make people think one way about the candidate that is supported, and another for the opponent. This book covers many different sides of baseball and I found these chapters gave me a good idea of how reporters really change things.