"Present the information so that it is useful to the unaware." I feel like this quote kind of embodies the media. If you think about it, that is there goal. To inform people of ideas and information while making them care about it. It's hard to be a popular source of media if people don't care or listen to what you have to say.
This is where the media can become a problem. Sometimes people don't want the boring true story. It becomes uninteresting. Sometimes the media beefs it up to make it more intersting. Would you rather read something about a simple car accident or a huge life threatning collision that endangered the lives of millions? I think it's safe to say we would all rather read about the latter of the two.
While we want intersting, that becomes a huge problem with the media and is a leading factor as to why it can not always be trusted. They are constantly turning mole hills into mountains in order to obtain viewers and keep them interested. Then again it's not their job to come up here and tell us the truth. More so we need to find the truth in it.
The best thing we can do is to look at the big picture to get the idea of what the true story is.
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