Is the truth on TV?

yeh that true, for me media has been the new norm and standard of most people. its like media dictates the life of one person, hid lifestyle, his beliefes even the truth. like manipulation.

i agree on that. there are actually a lot of communication theories on this subject. i think the best theory to apply here is the "hypodermic needle theory". according to this, the audience wholly accepts whatever they see in media as the truth when in fact it is just a small piece of reality. take for instance the incidents of terrorism in the Philippines (where i'm from). when a foreigner sees the news reports about the terrorists in the philippines he/she would immediately think that the Philippines is totally an unsafe plcae to live in. but the truth is those terror incidents are only present in certain areas in the far south of the country which very very far from Manila, the capital city (and where i live).

Do you mean TV news, or all TV? I'm sure there are some people who probably think that Britney Spears is the president of the U.S. because she's on TV all the time.

People tend to accept what they see on television as true. If something is presented as true but it isn't then the people involved are opened up for a lawsuit. I think its more common to see things presented one sided or leaving some of the pertinent facts out.

Yes, this is very true. I know a lot of people who believe pretty much what's said on the news. I am sure the "TRUTH" is much different than what we hear.

hello friend, yes i know alotof people believe everything on tv is true, but the fact it is, it is not all true. " like they say, " dont believe everything your hear, and dont believe everything you see:" infact, alot of news people make up story so they have a story to deliever on news time, and that is sad

Some program on T.V. are real example but most of the other are just fiction

Tv is more than 60% publicity and 30% entertaiment. Only 10% is truth. My opinion