The problems with these changes were that America was divided and fragile by civil rights movements and the Vietnam’s War. As Malcolm interjected the media, civil right leaders and other political leaders received him as a treacherous and radical individual for Africa Americans’ rights. As results, Malcolm was seemed as an irrational and a delusional man. Walter Lippmann wrote an article that criticized the media in the 1960s and their broadcasts of Malcolm X ‘s messages interpretations. Likewise, many people received Malcolm X’s messages as unstable and unreasonable messages. Meanwhile, Malcolm X was determined to build black capitalism. Malcolm X’s determination affected many African Americans. The justice system increased their aggressive abuse toward African Americans without any compassion. The 1960s were tough years for African-Americans to advocate their rights. Malcolm X did not have any problem to criticize and share his thoughts about the injustice treatments toward African-Americans. Therefore, how did the American’s society and the media interpret Malcolm X’s messages during the 1960s? What did Malcolm X do in the 1960s to be considered a Civil Right’s leader? What does Malcolm X’s legacy …show more content…
The Media decided to unravel Malcolm X’s message for the audience to understand the reason for the radical voice. In The Good Reads Quotes shared Malcolm X and his opinion on the media. The Quote said, “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” The problem with the media mediating Malcolm X’s message was the stories and news were full of conspiracy. Walter Lippmann wrote, “The next important occasion in which the Times chose to attack Malcolm was in May 1964 in a series of horror stories about an alleged gang of Black youth in Harlem, supposedly calling themselves "Blood Brothers." The quote represents the ignorance that the media projected to the public. Obviously, the journalist that was behind writing those stories about Malcolm was against Malcolm X’s movement. It was an opportunity for any political journalist to disparage Malcolm X’s personality. Likewise, Manning Marable described Malcolm X’s inappropriate opinions about the airplane crash and the president death in the media. Writers, historians and journalists construct most of these stories and biographies in order to define the life of a man such as Malcolm X. As a society we live by these stories and biographies to generate the concepts of the event. Moreover, the movie of Malcolm X was