Do you believe in news?
By fugsateyista
@fugsateyista (212)
Philippines
June 28, 2007 11:23am CST
So what's the hot topic today? If you want to know you just turn on your television and watch the news. From international conflicts to business, from athletes to celebrities, everything. They'll telecast everything that would catch your attention. Many news stations brag about their credibility, their transparency and their unbiased reporting.
The question is, do you think they tell us what we need to know or they tell us what they want us to know?
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
28 Jun 07
Yea, quite.
In Singapore, the news is quite reliable. So for most things, it is quite accurate. But of course when it comes to matters concerning the country or the paper, I will give some leeway for a natural bias.
Anyway though the internet, I can easily compare with other sources.:)
@fugsateyista (212)
• Philippines
29 Jun 07
Here in my country, I believe most of the big news are either not given enough air time to talk about or they don't tell the whole story. I said so because one of the headlines last year, the one where people were allegedly killed by the army because they were thought to be members of rebel group. It happened near the place where I live. When it was telecast, the news said that it was the rebels who attacked those people because they don't give the money the rebels where asking.
Ive talked to some people that lives in that place. They say they saw it in their own eyes. It was an 6 x 6 army truck that parked a few meters away from the scene. They say men coming out of the truck were in army uniform and are well disciplined. They also said, they know some rebels and it doesn't attack civilians just like that. Stories that happen in places like this doesn't reach the internet. There's really no way to confirm if the news where true unless you ask the people involved.
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@tombiz (2036)
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
I am still watching these sources of news and informations. But unlike in the past, I am always careful of what I will believe in. You see, there is now a downgrading of credibility within the whole media industry. Unlike before when you can be sure to trust the people behind the media outfits, today it is always different -- much much different. That's why I formed my opinions and decisions not just with the use of media but also with my own personal discernment of things and people. Credibility here is the issue and not just ratings.
@fugsateyista (212)
• Philippines
30 Jun 07
I agree. Many news networks nowadays are too busy with their ratings that they would do anything even though it would risk their credibility.
