People in America are influenced by the media, the reason why that is, because  people react to things that they see or hear on the current news. For example during the Rodney King Trial people reacted based on what they saw on the news. To be honest even if the news is right sometimes we as human beings are followers. The reason why that is because we act on other people's emotions and use that to form their own opinions. That's why their is divide in our nation because some people believe false  news and we act on it. Also some news stations reach to a certain audience for example CNN appeals more to black audience and FOX new is vice versa and we believe these things and we act upon it and we are quick to judge one another based off the news.