Losing Matt Shepard

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Social Issues

 

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Dana R

 

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October 14, 2010

 

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University

 

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A

 

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Loffreda examines and documents the multifaceted problem caused by the media frenzy, fanatic religious groups, and the prejudices of Wyoming and the rest of the country. Loffreda believes that the hysteria in Wyoming was ignited by a media that developed its own sensationalist spin. Matt's death is only one of many deaths that year; however, his death received an enormous amount of the media's attention...
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Matt's death is only one of many deaths that year; however, his death received an enormous amount of the media's attention. The news frenzy became so carried away, that Shepard's family received "about 10,000 letters and 70,000 emails" in response to the image broadcasted by the media (327). However, most of the media reports were hype and exaggeration, with little if any truth! Many things were exaggerated to increase the ratings of the news stations, and the Journalists misinterpreted many key facts, such as how Matt was tied to the fence, and that he "got burned...
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