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Banning Pitbulls Essay

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Pitbulls are not naturally violent, aggressive, and mean. There are many Americans that have a controversy about pitbulls. Many people automatically think that pitbulls are dangerous, but that's not always the case. Pitbulls should be allowed to be kept as pets.
The media only ever reports dog attacks if they involve pitbulls and they never talk about any other attacks that don't involve pitbulls.“The media intentionally over-reports incidents involving pit bulls, while keeping silent on attacks committed by dogs with better reputations.” The media only reports pitbull attacks because they want pitbulls to be seen as dangerous or violent. As a result pitbulls have a bad reputation because the media over-reports them and every other dog that …show more content…

pitbulls are safe because the media over-reports false information about pitbulls, they can be very helpful in ways like guarding and protecting people, and the media makes pitbulls seem dangerous but they never talk about any other breeds.It is very important that the government doesn't ban people having pit bulls as pets because then pretty soon the government could ban more breeds and people wouldn't be able to have a choice on what breed their pet is in conclusion you should do all that you can to stop the ban on pit bulls. Inform people that pit bulls aren't dangerous before it's too …show more content…

As a result pitbulls have a bad reputation because the media over-reports them and every other dog that isn't a pitbull has a good reputation because they never get reported. news outlets don't report anything about dog attacks unless they involve pitbulls. “News outlets constantly tell animal control officers that they will not cover a dog attack unless it involves a pit bull.”News outlets don't report dog attacks that don't involve pitbulls even if the animal control does do something about it the news won't report it because they want pitbulls to have bad reputations. Therefore no one ever hears about dog attacks committed by other breeds because the media refuses to report

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