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It is debatable whether the news media is a reliable source of unbiased information. However, it is a big misguided belief. This is because there are too many news that are twisted. Also, in some cases, reporters can not disclose the facts. Let me explain about these below. First of all, many reporters distort the reality to get the big hits. There is a policy to pay more money for the reporters who write the hit-articles in most news companies. So many reporters exaggerate the facts to catch the interest of the public. Consequently, lots of articles are getting dishonest. There are many studies that reveal this seriousness of the distorting news. A few weeks ago, I had a chance to read an article posted by my friend on her facebook and it was about a survey that is related to this topic. It was conducted by Seoul national university and investigated 100 celebrities who have been reported in the news. It said that 80 out of 100 responded that they have been stressed out because of the inflate articles. Also, 30 out of 80 stressed celebrities said they even went to the psychological medical center. This strengthens one of my reasons that many of the news we read everyday are overstated to fully accept. In addition, sometimes the news media can not disclose the truth. Many news and the government hide and spruce up the realities for the composure of people especially about some fearful factors such as the war, disaster or something like that. Let me take an example of my country, South Korea. As many people know, Korea was separated into Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea. So most habitants in this nation always live with deep-seated fear. Moreover, it is very frequent that the relationship between North and South is getting serious. Plus, when it is happen, most people are too panic to work as everyday because of the concern of the war. To prevent this happening, the government and news medias cover up the facts as it is not severe. The same applies to a lot of other truths. They would also be hid to avoid the chaos of the public. In a nutshell, taking into consideration the exaggeration of many news and the truths that can not reveal, it is clear that the news media has biased information. . In this regard, I firmly believe that the news media is not relevant to get honesty information.
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