Human cultures have been civilizing rapidly. They have developed economy, technology, and society. By this, I mean the global society is becoming more and more complex. Therefore, it is evident that there are various subjects to talk about, and we inform these matters through newspaper, television, and many other equipments. However, the information that they give us are often untrustworthy. It's because they negotiate with companies, and they exaggerate information in order to attract attention from people. To begin with, major corporations often convince reporters to deliberately post articles that will affect them positively, and the reporters get paid or obtain celebrity. No one will refuse the beneficial offer from companies. In addition, the companies also get goods, so it’s beneficial for both the reporters, and the companies. To illustrate this point, I have a cousin who works in a news corporation, one of his co-workers got an offer from one of the biggest companies. His co-worker had to criticize a company that they were competing against. It was actually true that the rival company made a mistake, but it was a trivial one. However, the colleague of my cousin had to expand the little fact to a big one so that reputation of the rival company decreases. Moreover, many sources of information such as television, internet, and radio tend to exaggerate the information to increase people’s attention. In order to benefit more, they must increase the numbers of viewers, and listeners. For example, my friend and I attended a soccer stadium to watch a match. Two teams that were going to compete each other were a rival. Therefore, it was really exciting. As I expected as soon as the game started the field players overwhelmed 60,000 fans with their teamwork, and dribbling. However, a lot of fouls were committed by players, one guy was sent off because he committed a serious foul. Anyway, we enjoyed the match. Next day, I checked the internet news and found out that three guys were sent off in that soccer match. The viewers of the article was over 50,000. It seemed clear to me that it was an exaggeration. They made it look so interesting and curious, so eventually, people will read the article. In conclusion, I strongly agree that almost every source of news and information is untrustworthy, because companies and news corporation make deals, and reporters often exaggerate information to attract attention from people.
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