Monday, November 18, 2019

Propaganda and the Media

In today's media especially the use of propaganda has been at an all time high. Nowadays it is hard to determine what is fact and fiction from the mainstream media. What happened to how journalist report? How did we change course to decide to publish a possible false narrative to the public? Today's implications from these sort of acts have caused people to be subpoenaed to Congress, an impeachment inquire against the President of the United States, and the public not know what media outlet they can trust anymore.
These sort of acts can shape society in a very negative way. We once again are being divided. Not by race but by what side of the political spectrum we are on, whether it is Republican or Democrat. People are being judged, hurt, and possibly even killed by expressing their feelings about an individual.
This sort of situation affects individuals of all race, age, sexuality, gender, ethnicity. We are all affected on how the information is released into the public and it is up to the public to call out on major media companies for the false narrative that they may produce. That is what is great about America. The ability to call out our government, elected officials, or even media outlets on the potential wrongdoing they might have committed.
This affects me in a way because sometimes I do not even know what source to trust anymore since I can never decipher from fact or fiction. This sort of problem affects my and future generations because the precedent that we display today and especially for this upcoming election will show either how great or how doomed America is in the future.
It is up to us in the here and now to try and fix what we can. Place people accountable for the criminal actions they have committed and ensure that the government is protecting its citizens against enemies foreign and domestic.

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