Topic > The Pros and Cons of Conformity in Society - 1117

Canada in comparison has 165 incidents per year while the United States has 11,127 (Wikipedia, 2015). So what's so different about the United States compared to other countries? Moore tried to find out and in his research he was amazed to see that the Canadian news media is totally different from ours. The American media tends to exaggerate stories more than necessary or show only the most violent ones. In this way they avoided the real problems of our country or other important problems. When speaking to Dick Hurlen, producer of Cops, Moore asks why not make a show that shows the causes of crime and Dick later says, “I don't think it would make an interesting reality show” (Wikipedia, 2015). This means that people would rather show violence instead of truth for the better