#8: Media and Domestic Violence

Lately, domestic violence has been all over the media, specifically due to the issues surrounding the NFL.  Personally, I feel that the NFL has not taken appropriate response, especially concerning the Ray Rice issue.  Having seen the video, I think the general opinion of the NFL as an organization has gone down, because now to what lengths the NFL will go to cover things up for a star player.  I was very surprised that, so soon after the Ray Rice issue, the NFL would consent to let a 49ers player play after he too was charged with domestic violence.  I think that this really brings to the forefront the first principle of Media: that it all exists to make money.  The NFL seeks to make monetary gains, and knows that the game revolves around its stars.  Thus without the stars, they make less money.  Now we are seeing the NFL repeatedly make excuses to continue letting its players play, regardless of the ethics of its decision.  In short, I think that we often do not see the NFL for what it is, a corporation, and the media nightmare that has descended upon the league has revealed its motives and reasoning which have proven questionable at best.