Nature Of Crime Presented By The Media

Is the nature of crime in our society accurately presented by the media?
I feel that the nature of crime in our society is not accurately presented by the media, because it is over represented by the way they portray crime storys and the way that when they find a story that gives them high ratings on the first story they decide to continue it over a few days or weeks to get the most out of it. As to me all the media wants out of crime is choosing the storys to get the best reaction from the public and to make the public feel that crime is on the rise all the time.
The crime in our society over the past few years has been presented on a need to know basis. The way the media look at crime is that we only need to know about the crime that is