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2017. 10. 09. monday
Topic - The news media is a reliable source of unbiased information
Various opinion may exist over the argument that the news media is a reliable source of unbiased information. As far as i am concerned, i am complete disagreement of argument. The two reasons stated below can be valid evidence to support my view.
To begin with, news media strives for own advantage. What i mean is that, major corporations portray events favorable to their interest. There is one example. Republic of Korea had a big project which was four river refurbishment project. They thought positive aspect such as reducing time when they move products from Seoul to Busan. So KBS and MBC which is nation’s broadcasting station and have a big power broadcasted good aspects to get agrees from many people. But JTBC which is small broadcasting station broadcasted opposite aspect. They thought that if four river linked to one river, the environment would devastate and dirty, so any animals and insects might not live in there. people of reverse gave a warning to the country. However undertaking was implemented because nation had forced to start. As a result business could not get good effect because it needed to a lot of money and nature got worse and worse. As seen this example, we can know that big corporations describe events favorable to their profit.
Also, news programs and news papers make stories more colorful and dramatic. News companies want to get viewers and readers to maximize profits. For instance, there was one event in republic of korea. The content was that one restaurant used unhealthy material and it rapidly spread in social network service. News wirters wrote articles more exaggerated and even broadcasting stations broadasted more exciting. So the restaurant took a lot of attacks and criticisms from the public. As a result restaurant could not business. However after 3 months later, people got to know that the material used in restaurant was not unhealthy product, it was just seasoning. People said sorry but event was beyond recall. As seen this example, we can know that many news fabricates the facts.
To sum up, news media and companies are just organizations to acquire their profits and more readers. In this regard, I firmly believe that the news media is a unreliable source of biased information. |