Why believe the hype?!?

topic posted Sat, October 8, 2005 - 10:09 AM by  Yul

I'm convinced that there is no requirement to believe everything you see in the news. Despite that, most people continue to believe everything they see in the news. Even after inaccuracies in reporting have been exposed, many people continue to believe everything they see in the news. For example, the now-disproved claim that crime was rampant in New Orleans during the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Instead of the public learning from that, they very likely will believe the next big inaccuracy in reporting.

If most of the public rejected the sensational malarkey of the corrupt news media, the corrupt news media very likely would present real news instead of sensationalism. But because most people will blindly believe every news report, the corrupt news media very likely will continue with their inaccuracies and exaggerations. In other words, I say its more the public's fault than the corrupt news media's fault that the media hype is so incessant. How about solving this problem, OK?
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