Trayvon Martin case

I have been hearing about this a lot and from all that I have heard I think there is one clear solution to the whole thing, ban the media. The second the news of the death of Trayvon Martin got out, people cried foul. Picture of a sweet looking Martin was all over social media sites, as was the unflattering mugshot of George Zimmerman, taken years prior. After few days, more recent pictures of Martin surfaced, in which he didn't look quite as sweet faced. There have been accusations of media manipulating the public into making Martin look more innocent than he actually was, which of course outrages many supporters of his family.

To extremely succinctly summarize the case, George Zimmerman, 28 (Hispanic/White) shot and killed Trayvon Martin,17 (Black) in what he claims was self defense. Following this situation Zimmerman was taken to a police station but was not charged with a crime and was released. Thanks to social and conventional media, half of the country was convinced that the only reason Zimmerman was let go, was because the killed teen was black. Zimmerman has since been charged with second-degree murder.

The reality of the situation is that a person is dead and another is facing prison and none of us were there to know what happened and because of that, none of us should be making judgements about Martin or Zimmerman. The media should be completely banned from reporting on the situation, or at least from reporting on anything that isn't strictly factual. It's the only way that will allow for the trial to be fair and deliver justice and not an emotionally charged decision. People have already taken sides calling Zimmerman a racist or Martin a thug when they really don't have enough information to comment on either of the men. This is all thanks to the speedy spread of information provided by the media, which is a business that makes money from people's emotional involvement in the current news stories. The media wants people to take sides because it makes people become interested in the story and if they're interested in the story then they will buy newspapers or go to the websites or watch the news and that will make them money. So at the end of the day, when neighbors, families and friends are fighting with each other about whether or not this was a case of racism, the media outlets are making money and Trayvon Martin is still dead and his family and friends are still heartbroken and George Zimmerman's life has been changed forever.