Our role
In our first part to this series, we looked at the media and asked whether the approach it uses is ethical and serving a greater or public true purpose.
People are smart – we know what is going on. So what is our reading on how the media is performing overall, and what tactics we know it uses to get a story. Does it focus on the truth and truly informing us as consumers, or does it focus on selling a story? Is there bias and a pre-formed agenda, or is there routinely what we would call a genuine and true enquiry, taking all into account?
Another interesting question to ask is, are what we hold out as the higher echelon media outlets any different, or are they more sophisticated versions of the same thing? Once again, we don’t offer an answer to those questions – as that is for each of us to discern for ourselves.
However, what we can use this to draw attention to, is the part we all playas consumers in taking up what the media offers. This, is the purpose of this article. Continue reading “Media – Part 2”
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