The
causes of media and campaign misinformation are the fact that it is easier to
lie than tell the truth. The media and
the campaign supporters are out to get the juiciest information possible and if
the information is positive they want to pick any negative out and blow it
up. When election year rolls around I am
sick and tired of hearing about who did what in the past and what they promise
for the future. When really the fact of
the matter is they just are telling us what they think we want to hear and we
are fooled once again and by the time we are to cast our vote, who really knows
who the right candidate is. The sad
thing is that these people are the ones that we trust to run our country. The only way to really solve the problems
with media and campaign misinformation is to increase the amount of people
checking for the facts. And even then
can we trust that information is the whole truth, it seems like we could be
checking the facts until we turn blue in the face. The whole situation is frustrating and I
worry about what the future holds for my children.
I agree Sarah that facts hold considerably less interest in the public eye to drama. This is evident by reality tv greatly winning in popularity to news programs. Like you said they are telling us what they think we want to hear. I think the only choice we have is to check for facts checkers and follow what they say rather than the actual candidate. Through following the comments of these facts checkers we will at least have a clearer idea of what the truth may actually be.
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