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The traditional TV news media has been having a rough time in the last few years. According to a recent survey, more Americans have a negative (43%) than a positive (33%) view of the mass media, and are finding it harder to be well informed because it is getting harder to determine which news is accurate.
So what is media's biggest problem? It's bigotry. While ideally all types of media should be objective and hold power to account, in reality, we know that most news outlets are partisan and have their agenda to advance. Whether state-owned or run by some shady tax-avoiding billionaire, getting 'the masses' to view the world from a certain perspective has always been a priceless power to wield.
So why is trust in the media so low? Well, according to the same survey, 8 out of 10 Americans believe that the news media are critical to their democracy. The gap between these lofty expectations of an honest, objective media and the performance that they deliver is large. Times, when the mask slips and examples of media manipulation are exposed, is hugely damaging to trust (don't even get me started on the 2003 Iraq war), and people naturally turn to social media for other, even-easier-to-manipulate sources. Thus we are in the current state in which we find ourselves: confused, mistrustful and divided.
People have been posting examples of fake news and how media can use different techniques of deception, to trick you into seeing exactly what they wanted you to see. As you will discover, perspective is everything! It all goes to show that a healthy dose of skepticism goes a long way, and getting your news from a wide range of different sources is your best bet to a more rounded view of the world we live in. Social media is good in that respect, but bad regarding regulation, trolling and people shouting horrible things at each other. The good old traditional news media is needed as a forum for rational debate and expert opinion, but they must stop with the manipulation already! Scroll down to check out the cheeky photo manipulations in action for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Photo Taken When Kate Middleton And Prince William Presented Third Royal Baby To The World
Ladies and Gentlemen 6 years ago
I don't know if its odd, but i show number 3 by pinching the pinky finger down to thumb, not this way!
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Tv News Station
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U.s. Marines From The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Help An Iraqi Soldier With Water From A Canteen In Southern Iraq, March 21, 2003
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Presidential Inauguration Of Donald Trump
Ruth Hempsey 6 years ago
He's waving at the camera and reporters because there aren't any other people except security.
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Hillary Rally In Omaha
Elle Campbell 6 years ago
That's more than 50 people. And it's still more than the "Yuge crowds" of legitimate(unpaid) tRump supporters that show up for his rallies.
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Soldiers Playing With Kids
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Conservative Leader Theresa May Launches The Party's Campaign Bus In Northumberland
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Photographer Ruben Salvadori Covered The Conflict Between Israeli Soldiers And Palestinian Youths. The Picture Above Was Staged In Cooperation With A Young Palestinian
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Pro-Immigration Protest
Paul O'Connor 6 years ago
Because it was demonstration ILLUSTRATING child detention, not purporting to actually show it. Hence the kids in the cages are holding protest signs. Someone took it and made a meme, which is why THAT photo is on a page talking about how pictures can lie. But yeah, kids were still put behind bars for real elsewhere.
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Tax Protest In Paris
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Hillary Clinton Event In Ohio
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Example Of How The Media Can Manipulate Us
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What do you think ?
Unlikely 6 years ago
All I learned was that apparently no one is really interested anymore to show up for politics ^^;
Just a Purpler 6 years ago
There's a few really good pictures (Particularly at the beginning), but then there are a bunch where I'm like, "I don't understand what either of these pictures is talking about" XD
Toby Shew 6 years ago
This is a low point in bored panda history - mistaking memes for "the media" and playing into this stupid rhetoric
Meowton Mewsk 6 years ago
Toby, thank you for articulating that. This needs to be higher up.
Load More Replies... Unlikely 6 years ago
All I learned was that apparently no one is really interested anymore to show up for politics ^^;
Just a Purpler 6 years ago
There's a few really good pictures (Particularly at the beginning), but then there are a bunch where I'm like, "I don't understand what either of these pictures is talking about" XD
Toby Shew 6 years ago
This is a low point in bored panda history - mistaking memes for "the media" and playing into this stupid rhetoric
Meowton Mewsk 6 years ago
Toby, thank you for articulating that. This needs to be higher up.
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