Friday, February 20, 2009
Media Bias.
The American government and politics play a huge role in what we see in the media. This includes the news as well as talk shows and radio. They have the ability to refuse or allow things to be released within the media. This basically shelters us from the real news and knowledge of whats going on. We only know what they want us to know. There is also a large amount of individual bias within media itself. Two different people with different beliefs can cover the same story and make the outcome completely opposite just by differentiating the facts they give and the choice of words they use. This entales you can't trust just any website or any information you recieve. You have to question it and look at other stories that cover the same information and see what it has to do. To get the most accurate information you have to look at multiple sources and then interpret the information and form your own opinion on the subject. If one simply trusts the first thing they read on a certain subject they are not getting the full and true information, they are mainly getting one person's opinion on that subject. That person could very well have the complete opposite opinion you have, resulting in you getting the opposite information you really want to read and write about. There is nothing one can do to stop bias within news and media, but there is certain things one can do to get around it and still get all the facts. You can research the author of said news or story, as well as look around at different articles on the same subject and compare / contrast the evidence to form your own opinion on the subject. By doing these things you are much more likely to get all the real information and write what is true, rather than writing something that is not so true but more opinion, worded well enough someone could make a totally legitimate statement or argument about something that is completely false.
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We only know what they want us to know.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true! I also like how you made a point to mention about forming really good arguments and statements through sly wording can make something false seem true.
Exactly. Rather than giving us the straight up truth, they're giving us what they want us to know. By taking the extra step, we can examine other sources and see if it adds up.
ReplyDeleteI like what you have to say but organize it a little better.... break your thoughts into paragraphs. You are very insightful and you think in a unique way ... show case that smarty party.
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