In the modern era, thanks to the advent of technology, people enjoy a wide range of news sources including the internet, television, to name but a handful. In this regard, many believe that despite the abundance of news sources, the accuracy and transparency they provide are not satisfying. However, others have the conviction that media release is trustworthy and give them the required vision upon the world around. I personally subscribe to the view that information from the media is becoming inaccurate. I stand to this viewpoint for two main reasons, which I will elucidate in the following essay.
To begin with, in most countries, the press is not independent of the predominant power, and the free press is somehow an illusion in this world. Unfortunately, despite the abundance of news sources, the information released from the media before going viral undergoes some changes in order to guarantee the profit of some specific political groups. In other words, the news is a slave to some biased policies. For instance, in my country Iran, the wildlife is in a real danger as so much as a considerable number of species are about to extinction. Nevertheless, the media rarely cover the crisis that threatens the rich natural habitat because some individuals, who have connections in the government administration have been accumulated so much wealth by exploiting the rich source of precious species. Accordingly, such a news only distributes by local people living nearby, which will not go viral due to the lack of audience. Therefore, if the press had been autonomous from political superpowers- which is not-, the world would have been a better place to live.
Secondly, there are some website on the internet –for example, wikileaks. com - that make revelation some valid documents about some critical events in the past, which had played crucial roles in the specific period of some countries’ history. These revelations made a few decades after the events make people suspicious about the accuracy of current news. For instance, the effects of superpower countries in the destination of middle- east countries, or the true story behind some wars that took place in the past decades and have left many innocents murdered people. Moreover, regardless of the existence of such websites, most of the critical news released from different sources contradict each other, which leaves people confused and baffled.
To put all into a nutshell, considering all the aforementioned reasons, I firmly believe that free press is just an illusion in the world today, and most of them just give a shadow of real stories. I feel this way inasmuch as not only are they slaves to some biased policies, which guarantee the advantages of some limited groups, but also some websites on the internet reveal documents of past events, which confirm the idea that what we get from the media is being vague.
In the modern era, thanks to the advent of technology,
people
enjoy a wide range of
news
sources
including the internet, television, to name
but
a handful. In this regard,
many
believe that despite the abundance of
news
sources
, the accuracy and transparency they provide are not satisfying.
However
, others have the conviction that
media
release is trustworthy and give them the required vision upon the
world
around. I
personally
subscribe to the view that information from the
media
is becoming inaccurate. I stand to this viewpoint for two main reasons, which I will elucidate in the following essay.
To
begin
with, in most
countries
, the
press
is not independent of the predominant power, and the free
press
is somehow an illusion in this
world
. Unfortunately, despite the abundance of
news
sources
, the information released from the
media
before
going viral undergoes
some
changes
in order to guarantee the profit of
some
specific political groups.
In other words
, the
news
is a slave to
some
biased policies.
For instance
, in my
country
Iran, the wildlife is in a real
danger
as
so
much as a considerable number of species are about to extinction.
Nevertheless
, the
media
rarely cover the crisis that threatens the rich natural habitat
because
some
individuals, who have connections in the
government
administration have
been accumulated
so
much wealth by exploiting the rich
source
of precious species.
Accordingly
, such a
news
only
distributes by local
people
living nearby, which will not go viral due to the lack of audience.
Therefore
, if the
press
had been autonomous from political superpowers- which is not-, the
world
would have been a better place to
live
.
Secondly
, there are
some
website
on the internet –
for example
,
wikileaks
.
com
-
that
make
revelation
some
valid documents about
some
critical
events
in the past, which had played crucial roles in the specific period of
some
countries’
history. These revelations made a few decades after the
events
make
people
suspicious about the accuracy of
current
news
.
For instance
, the effects of superpower
countries
in the destination of middle- east
countries
, or the true story behind
some
wars that took place in the past decades and have
left
many
innocents murdered
people
.
Moreover
, regardless of the existence of such websites, most of the critical
news
released from
different
sources
contradict each other, which
leaves
people
confused and baffled.
To put all into a nutshell, considering all the aforementioned reasons, I
firmly
believe that free
press
is
just
an illusion in the
world
today
, and most of them
just
give a shadow of real stories. I feel this way inasmuch as not
only
are they slaves to
some
biased policies, which guarantee the advantages of
some
limited groups,
but
also
some
websites on the internet reveal documents of past
events
, which confirm the
idea
that what we
get
from the
media
is being vague.