Some
people think that the news media is a trustworthy resource by giving unbiased
information. However, in my opinion, even the most trusted news media sources
might be unreliable and often biased. This is because news media can give
public different information according to their perspectives to the society and
tries to be more dramatic than they actually are in order to gain viewer’s
popularity.
To begin
with, a lot of media report same news differently. This is because each news
media has one’s own point of view such as
conservative and liberal, thus they can convey people different information
even if they report same event. For example, the government announced a new
policy last summer that they would supply more apartments than ever before to
solve house shortage problem. The next day, the Chosun newspaper evaluated the
new policy was not well timed, so would not be helpful to solving the problem. On
the other hand, the Munhwa newspaper reported this announcement was very
suitable and needed to set up.
On top of
that, a lot of media attempts to make stories look more dramatic than it
actually is. This is because news companies want more and more readers so that
they can maximize their interests and profit. For instance, a few years ago, a
certain media apologized to their viewers for its report on kimchi. It had
reported that almost all of the companies produced kimchi in very filthy and
unhealthy environment. However, actually a small number of companies made
kimchi in unhealthy surrounding, but the media exaggerated the truth. Thus,
many people stopped buying kimchi and some kimchi companies had to close their
business.
To sum
up, the news media give people different information due to their perspective
and some companies focus on dramatic news in order to get many profits. In this
regard, I strongly believe that news media sometimes might be unreliable and
convey wrong information.