The news media are an important source of information, throughout the years people have become dependent on mainstream news media such as the news, newspaper, and radio. As the years pass, however, technology has become more advanced and people all around the world are now able to communicate and get information on current events around the world. This, however, has a downside because the most of the news sources have become privatized by corporations, this means they control almost everything that gets released to the public. In addition, this affects everyone because most of the public is exposed to manipulation by the mainstream media and clear racism is promoted by them. Their target is Islam. It is clear that Islamophobia is promoted by mainstream media to brainwash the public to create the typical “bad guy” persona. Kumar Deepa shows examples …show more content…
“The racist dehumanization of brown men allows Maya and her colleagues to routinely use the word "kill" without it seeming odd or out of place.” This uses the intention of normalizing violence towards Muslims since the film’s main characters focus on executing Osama bin Laden. The “good” Muslim is portrayed as extremely loyal to the American and does what he is told. “The exact point that a strategic shift has been made in the war on terror from conventional warfare to targeted killing, there comes a film that justifies this practice and asks us to trust the CIA with such incredible power.” What the film fails to explain, however, is the inhumane way the military does these targeted killing, by there being a chance they kill innocent bystanders or the chance that their target isn’t even at the location they are going to do their drone bombings. They may start with a few people on their list, but by the time they are done more and more are added to the