Obligation to Manipulate of the Media

Manipulation of the media can be done literally by anyone these days.  All it takes is a computer and an internet connection.  I on the other hand never had considered this concept so easily attainable.  I took for granted the fact that I can simply log into an internet forum on a newspaper site or any other public forum site. With that being said, every person needs to know that they have the obligation to help keep in check news organizations and government.

It is important for ordinary citizens to speak out against things that they see unfair or not fit for the public and the internet sets up the perfect venue to accomplish this task.  If the news reports on an event unfairly or screws up facts, I believe that a concerned citizen needs to show the true facts.

Also I believe the news outlets should take into account blogs, or other internet activity to help spread the public word.  Again though, I don’t want this to become an excuse for the news organizations to be lazy.  They shouldn’t show items that are just there to arouse fear mongering or to enrage other opinionated people.

This leads me to my final point of this post.  I think that people should make clear and coherent arguments without the traits listed above.  They should leave out name calling and other negative bias.  Also citizens who are interested in certain events and know the facts about that event have an obligation to speak up when information is being skewed about said event.

It is my hope that every person would take to the internet in order to achieve the highest possible public good in order to better our lives.