While the primary purpose of newspapers issuance is informing and updating the society on different subjects, they can lead to misinformation as well. Some people believe that newspapers cannot be relied upon, and it is so naive to accept what is written in papers without scrutiny. On the other hand, there are people who believe that newspapers are the thermometers of society and, despite some narrative flavoring and excitions, the core information they provide should be regarded as true. I personally agree that it is not reasonable to believe whatever we read in the newspapers for the following reasons.
First of all, the funding and financial considerations may affect the management of a newspaper to spread some biased information. For example, I remember a local paper started issuing multiple articles on the biohazards of tomatoes produced by some local greenhouses. After a while, it was revealed that an opponent producer had paid the editor to write negatively about his rivals. There have been a significant number of discovered cases of fraud and dishonesty among editorial boards of newspapers around the world, which all rooted from monetary incentives.
Second, the political partisanship is part of news professionalism. It is well-known that depending on the political inclinations of the editorial board of a newspaper, the reporters cover only some specific aspects of the news. The way a single piece of information is organized and provided can lead to specific perceptions. For example, when a left party paper enthusiastically advocates a rally, the right wing papers discourage participating in it. Both the papers give strong and apparently logical arguments; however, none of them cast the light on all aspects of the rally, in order to cast a guided notion to the readers’ mind.
Finally, newspapers should have enough revenues to stand the huge expenses of professional journalism. Keeping the readers enthusiastic about a specific newspaper, and eager to continue their subscriptions is not easy. Exaggeration and storytelling techniques are required to attract the readers. Therefore, there are always some kind of white lies in the stories that are sold to us as information.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that being skeptic of news and not regarding them as true unbiased information is much wiser than unconditional trust.
While the primary purpose of
newspapers
issuance is informing and updating the society on
different
subjects, they can lead to misinformation
as well
.
Some
people
believe
that
newspapers
cannot
be relied
upon, and it is
so
naive to accept what
is written
in papers without scrutiny.
On the other hand
, there are
people
who
believe
that
newspapers
are the thermometers of society and, despite
some
narrative flavoring and
excitions
, the core
information
they provide should
be regarded
as true. I
personally
agree
that it is not reasonable to
believe
whatever we read in the
newspapers
for the following reasons.
First of all
, the funding and financial considerations may affect the management of a
newspaper
to spread
some
biased
information
.
For example
, I remember a local paper
started
issuing multiple articles on the biohazards of tomatoes produced by
some
local greenhouses. After a while, it
was revealed
that an opponent producer had paid the editor to write
negatively
about his rivals. There have been a significant number of discovered cases of fraud and dishonesty among editorial boards of
newspapers
around the world, which all rooted from monetary incentives.
Second, the political partisanship is part of news professionalism. It is well-known that depending on the political inclinations of the editorial board of a
newspaper
, the reporters cover
only
some
specific aspects of the news. The way a single piece of
information
is organized
and provided can lead to specific perceptions.
For example
, when a
left
party paper
enthusiastically
advocates a rally, the right wing papers discourage participating in it. Both the papers give strong and
apparently
logical arguments;
however
, none of them cast the light on all aspects of the rally, in order to cast a guided notion to the readers’ mind.
Finally
,
newspapers
should have
enough
revenues to stand the huge expenses of professional journalism. Keeping the readers enthusiastic about a specific
newspaper
, and eager to continue their subscriptions is not easy. Exaggeration and storytelling techniques
are required
to attract the readers.
Therefore
, there are always
some
kind of white lies in the stories that
are sold
to us as information.
In conclusion
, I
strongly
believe
that being skeptic of news and not regarding them as true unbiased
information
is much wiser than unconditional trust.