Do You Trust The Media For Information?

[Derryck alias Mimbari]

http://internationalpoliticalissues.blogspot.com/2010/11/do-you-trust-media-for-information.html
http://mimbari.livejournal.com/111827.html

November 16-2010:

Do You Trust The Media For Information?

Press TV (Iran), asked this question on their program today. So here
is my response to it.

There was a time, a long time ago, when the Radio was all we had to
listen to, receive information or hear stories being told in some
studio locally or globally. With the advent of television, those
countries that has access to it, and viewers that could afford it
bought it, watched it, and drew their own conclusions. More or less,
the viewers believed in most of what was told them via this medium.

However, as time went by, and the debut of the Internet, and Internet
access by millions globally. News dissemination, news gathering, and
news reporting has changed remarkably. Today with an Internet access,
the user could watch some incident as it unfolds, and not have to wait
until some reporter of CNN, BBC, or FOX, report it later in the day on
the regular news channels.

With cell phone cameras, any individual could shoot a scene or
incident as it happens, and upload the video on YouTube.com, for the
world to see and comment on, without having to wait for the
traditional media outlet for this information. Which may or may not be
shown, and possibly relay a totally different scenario of that
situation, that you the civilian onlooker saw and filmed.

However, it is up to the viewer to decide what he/she sees on TV,
whether that information is plausible or not, and how much of it will
influence his/her opinion on that particular issue. Do not believe
everything you see or hear on TV, Radio, or The Internet. Surf several
news outlets on the Internet for your new's gathering. It will give
you a more varied perspective on the news, and will aid you in
arriving at a conclusion, or determining what is plausible or not.

Derryck.
NYC.