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Does Social Media Effect Trial Social media can drastically effect trials, it generally makes the person seem extremely guilty before being proven guilty, like in Cassie Anthonys trial. Myself among many other people believe her to still be guilty, but we saw no unbiased reports. Media is to paint a picture, and is seen through a frame, so if your just fed bias information, you can easily be lead to believe what there trying to sell u on. Another bad effect, is that it can be nearly impossible to find an unbiast jurry, just like in Cassie Anthonys case. It can also indanger the accused, having your trial online and being portraid in a certain light, can make alot of people hate you. With them already seeing you as a monster, it can make reintegrating into society dangerous, and nearly impossible, expetially if your story gets alot attention. Trials simply shouldnt be broadcasted, you can't just give all this information, painting the accused a certain way, when it could be comple...
Colton Harris Moore Colton only did the acts, it was the media that gave him all the fame and turned him into a legend.  They could say whatever they wanted about him because no one had ever heard from him so there's no way of fact checking. I like Colton not because of his defiance, but because of the actions he committed , when you do almost the impossible multiple times and still are able to avoid arrest, and without physically harming anyone, its hard not to like the guy. The media focused less on the little thefts and focused more on the outrageous  stuff like the, stealing, flying, and crashing of airplanes, avoiding the police and stealing boats. It would suck to be a victim though, getting all your savings stolen would be awful, they made him seem like such a cool guy because they didn't focus on those actions,  particularly the fact that he stole money from average people. He would not have been the barefoot bandit, most people wouldn't know who he is, becau...