TRUTH IS A RARE COMMODITY DESPITE THE FREEDOM ENJOYED BY PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
In a world of ruled by lies, truth is a rare commodity. Truth is not something one could buy, and in the modern world it may just cost you your life just to tell the truth.
We live in a world where if one is telling the truth he/ she will be considered guilty while the one who is lying continuously about it all will be given more importance as the media tries its best to scoop out gossip that can help them boost their ratings, they don’t really care if the news is fake or real as long as it can bring about income to fill their bellies they don’t hesitate spreading lies at all.
Our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ said:
‘Speak truth even in the harshest circumstances of oppression’
Influence of Media:
Truth may be hard to tell since people consider the truth as boring, people live for exciting news, something they could talk about for long hours, and listening to the truth would be no fun for them.
Media does not care about how many people get hurt in this spreading of lies, they just want to be the popular ones so in order to achieve that purpose they go to the measure where they brag so much exaggerate the truth that it becomes a lie.
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For instance, if one says something on the social media, the media will fabricate his / her words and display it in such a manner that his/her words will lose value and just might start indicating something else. But the worst part is how people react to these lies, media has such a strong hold over us that people consider what the media displays to be true, ignoring the truth and the actual back story of the case.
We don’t even know that the news we hear on social Medias or read in newspapers is even true or not.
It is rightly said that:
‘A LIE DOESN’T BECOME TRUTH. WRONG DOESN’T BECOME RIGHT AND EVIL DOESN’T BECOME GOOD JUST BECAUSE IT IS ACCEPTED BY A MAJORITY’
Rumours spread like wild fire:
The sources of social media in the developing world such as Facebook, WhatsApp, twitter etc. have made access to information much cheaper and comparatively faster. Information can now be passed all over the world as easily as it can in a small house. No doubt the world has become a global village.
In olden times people used to put some thought in what they had heard and before they passed on any information they made sure that it was true, but in the modern world people without even knowing the whole information pass it on and share it with others. The information than does not end up in its purest form, it than contains all the dirt material of the people who have been passing on the information.
People are always ready to pass their judgements, even if it’s not needed. ‘Lie is the new Truth' should be the next season of “Orange is the new Black”.
Print and electronic media need to achieve high ratings due to which they go to an extent where they change the given information in a way that people get engrossed in. which includes half-truths and whole lies.
What has caused all this?
Threats given to print and electronic media may also be the main cause that they fabricate the original information given to them.
Even though the landscape of media has become broad there is still deficiency of experienced and trained journalists.
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Measures that should be taken:
The truth should not be distorted by the media, it should be reported the way it has been handed over. The government and civil society should provide a threat free environment to the media so they can perform their work without any hindrance.
Before coverage media should give thought to it that the information that they have received is true or not before making big headlines.
The print media rather than putting fake idols on the front page of the newspaper should try to put the facts and show the true face no matter how bitter it may seem.
Hunter S. Thompson, A famous American Journalist once said:
“If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past 10 years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”
Well done
In a world where all seek the interests of fleeting at the expense of values and ethics
Those who have the right and the truth will be fought
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Although I don't mean to generalize, there is little to no room for truth for the money-centered media.
As you have already said, "people live for exciting news," and more often than not, the truth is painful and scary. The media can't afford to say the blatant truth because it would take away their audience. As a result, they would alter the story enough to make it more appealing.
Quite sad, but this is precisely what's happening with most. I agree that they should stop distorting the truth and just give us the raw stories. But it's all easier said than done. There's too much political/economic/other issues happening backstage.
I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly. No matter how left- or right-leaning a media outlet is there is always the need to embellish or sugar-coat the truth in order to continue appealing to their audiences. Always remember, "There are three versions to every story: There's one side's version of what happened, the other side's version of the what happened, and somewhere in the middle is the truth."
Yes, there will always be bias. We find it not only in the media but maybe even with those whom we deal with in day to day living. It's a challenge to be objective , and for me I think it's a call to be more critical and not to just take in everything as it is.
The average person lives for exciting news, but the exciting news usually comes in the form of negativity. The media has given the public an appetite for chaos and misfortune. They offer news of problems and never offer solutions. It's an effective method of conditioning people to just accept the negativity. Each day that negative news persists sets a stronger precedent for more negative news. A vicious cycle...
This is the reality we live in and I don't think we can really do anything about it. More critical minds can discuss about it, but it won't be enough to stop it unless you're a person with just as much influence in the media as those who are currently there (or maybe no one really can...).
As long as there are issues to talk about publicly, we'll never hear the end of this. It'll all be, as you said, a vicious cycle of negativity.
I agree but this approach worsening the problem at hand
Nice post! Yeah, truth is such a hard thing to find nowadays and media are adding up to the problem sometimes.
The majority of people are blinded by convenience.
It’s a misconception to assume there’s ‘freedom’ in the media.
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@sameer777 great share though...! :D
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Truth is a rare commodities now a days. The masses are easily fooled and our governments and the mainstream media uses this to their advantage. People or organizations with enough power or money you can easily manipulate information. They can feed false information to the public and the ignorant masses will take this as the truth. It's truly a sad reality. Thankfully there are also people that will risk their lives do that truth will prevail, unfortunately they often pays with their or their family lives.
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Imagine the price that common people and innocent people have to pay for the lies of others. We live in an unfair world where abnormal has become normal, misfits are being celebrated as heroes, cowards are the leaders, lust has turn to love and blood has turn to wine for some people. It's a crazy world we live in.
well said
Truth will definitely be a rare commodity beause of high level of corruptions and injustice in government. Even when there seems to be a press freedom, the facts remeans that such freedomm is not absolute. I follow and upvote you.
Like the saying truth is bitter, some persons in some critical situation have spoken the truth and this has lead them into finding themselves in pit even much more dangerous than if they have not side the truth.this is to tell you the kind of society we live in.
Positive attitude and motivation should spread and people should think about
mankind not for the piece of land and personal things.It's Interesting post, kept me engaged
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thank you, i'll try my best
pray for alls dear
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