I've openly admitted to not being a big fan of the Media and the things they print as "Breaking News". That has been my stance for a good number of times and it's still the same in this era which is massively dominated by digital reports from media outlets.
I've tried not reading Newspapers or reading stuff that's uploaded to tabloids by media houses. I thought of it as some sort of flex. It's a flex of the naive because keeping myself away from these has a way of making me uninformed. That was the case when I didn't bother to know what was making news headlines. During those moments, whenever I decide to check out the news and know what's buzzing in the world, I ended up becoming misinformed about a lot of stuff.
That's a very sad thing to come to terms with because it almost feels like we are caught in a shitty situation regardless of what we choose to do regarding News reports.
Should we keep on reading the news or is it okay to just be naive?
That's an interesting question that I've been thinking of because it's related to a project I'm working on. And, the conclusion I came to is that it's already obvious that there is wild access to information all over the world. The information circulation mediums are numerous and there is really no limit to the number of information that's available out there.
I may decide to keep my eyes on the TV channels of news organizations. Some other people may choose to get news reports from online media websites. Folks can apply for newsletters from agencies of their choice and some others may just go directly to the profile of these news agencies on YouTube, Twitter, and whatnot.
With all these available options that can be explored to get information, one of the thing that has become really common among Media houses is the rush to "be the first" to give news reports. They want to be the first to always release "Breaking News" and you would be surprised by the low level of effort that's made to fact-check the authenticity of these breaking News.
We shouldn't have to doubt the authenticity of any publication from Media houses or solo Journalists. However, the track record of these folks makes it really hard to just take whatever they are publishing without fact-checking the info. Of course, putting out a lot of unverifiable news reports and publications that turn out to be fake news isn't something to be proud of. It's an unethical and unprofessional conduct.
The BS you get as breaking News won't be stopping anytime soon. This stuff is selling and people have forgotten what it means to fact-check before believing whatever info they receive as breaking News. Since that's the case, choosing to not just chase after Breaking News is a choice we all have to make. How about we focus more on getting the truth?
You sure wouldn't want to be misinformed. Would you?
Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop or Comma.
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