I
have been thinking about the role of the media and the responsibilities that it
has to the citizens of America. I have repeatedly, and for the past several
years, been hearing the words "fake media" and "fake news".
I want to preface this with the statement that I am not striking out towards
politicians alone. These are phrases that I hear daily from a multitude of
people. I am not sure, however, if we are truly being misled or that we simply
are being made aware of things that we do not want to admit are real. We have
trouble accepting things that we cannot visually see. While it is the job of
the media to be a watchdog of sorts, the media is also free to choose stories
that they wish to enlighten us with. With an entire legion of news outlets at
our immediate disposal, it is ever so hard to find one that seems forthcoming
with our concerns at the center of it. This is where confirmation bias rears
its ugly head. We tend to lean towards a news outlet that is a carbon copy of
the way we see things and the way we view our government. In many situations,
our government will go as far as to steer us towards a certain outlet. I find
this exceedingly disturbing as this is not the job of our government. The
government should never take on the responsibility of migrating the nation
towards a certain form of reporting. For this reason, we are seeing droves of
conspiracy theories taking shape and that reminds me of historical tragedies
that have taken place in the past. History will always repeat itself if we do
not educate ourselves and look for warning signs of trouble to come. While it
is the duty of a journalist to report the truth and protect us from our
government, it is never the job of that said government to protect us from the
journalists. The latter pressures us to grow paranoid and puts our country
under duress. The media plays a monumental role in protecting America's
citizens from government corruption. The media is not the enemy and should not
be viewed as such. Aside from unreputable sources, journalists are your
friends, not your enemy. Being told otherwise can hinder your ability to see
what really lies beneath conspiracy theories and the reason that they exist.
This is my new journey in blogging. As is already obvious in the title, I am a single mother of two of the most fabulous children that I know (and I don't say that because they are mine), they truly are great kids. I not only love my children, I actually LIKE the people that they are. I know that we all love our children deeply and those are the rules of the universe, but do we LIKE them? I started my journey into single motherhood about seven years ago. It seems that I stumbled into the journey while blaming the seven year itch of my lovely ex husband....but now...now it seems that I am stumbling into a seven year itch myself. Not the typical seven year itch where you look for attention from others, but the kind where you almost want to run from it. I used to be the most social of creatures, but in recent months, I seem to want to be a recluse. It's safer in that environment. My daughter is now 13, yes...stumbling into womanhood the same way that we all had to, "
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