In Kasinsky's article she argues that police and media are interdependent. This is something I agree with, the police depend on the media for reporting crimes and giving the police a good reputation and the media relies on police for information. What I don't agree with is when she starts talking about how journalists construct stories. She implies that all journalists are biased and construct stories to match their own beliefs and frequently only report one side of the story. In reality reporters have to give the opposing side the right to reply. Kasinsky also says that reporters blindly take information from the police and rarely report updates. Has she ever heard of investigative reporting?
In the Rafter chapter she discusses the evolution of cop films. She says cops have gone from western hero to urban cop. This is evident in Dirty Harry, in fact in this movie I still see left overs of westerns primarily in the wild west style shootouts and draws that are modified to be only a tad plausible in the urban setting. Personally I am not a Clint Eastwood fan so his over all cheese and over dramatizing made this movie hard to watch along with the awful fake blood.
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