This article was very interesting. He had some good points in that many stories are silly and trivial on the news. We rely on the media to give us accurate information so we can make informed decisions and opinions. However, everything said on the media must be "politically correct". Often newscasters sugar coat stories or only show some parts of the story. This leads to us being uninformed and mislead.
I thought the author was too harsh and rude. He gave a one-sided argument, and made it seem like he thought everyone in the world except himself is stupid. I definitely agree that the media can give invalid information, but it also gives us some credible information. He made it seem like we are all brainwashed when in reality we have a free will. People often choose to support the media because it's easy and requires no research, but that doesn't mean that everyone does this. There are informed educated people out there as well as uninformed stupid people.
The author definitely caught my attention with this essay. I realized that I may be hearing one-sided arguments or opinions from the media. He reminded me that it is imperative to do my own research for topics, and to consult more than one source to avoid hearing a biased opinion. It is my responsibility to educate myself not the media's. I can choose to be totally informed or totally ignorant, but either way it's my choice. Also, I need to really try to see through all the propaganda presented to me. Stories will be shown in the way that makes the most money, not the way that will keep us properly informed.
I agree with everything you said! I found the essay to be very interesting and I definitely stopped and thought about a few of the things that were said but when I got to the last paragraph I kind of wanted to be like "speak for yourself!".
ReplyDeleteLike Rita, I completely agree with your argument. Many people rely too much on the media when its not completely their responsibility to inform and educate us. We need to take measures into our own hands and use the media as one of many sources not our only source for information.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the essay being interesting and eye-catching. I do think that he was being very one sided, and that that if you want to be an informed citizen then you cannot take everything you hear at face value. Though i do not believe him to being rude and harsh. I think that was a twisted way to be funny and i sort of understood it!
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