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Truth In Media: The Importance of Journalistic Integrity
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.- Voltaire
The invention of the internet is one of the most impactful events in human history, and one that has changed our world, for better, and for worse. News travels in an instant, we can hear about major events in real-time through platforms like Twitter. While this has connected humanity in a way previously unheard of, it comes with an increasingly clear consequence: an erosion of journalistic integrity, and a new surge of propaganda. This idea of “fake news” is not a new concept. Yellow journalism has been around since language itself. The great Roman general Mark Antony committed su***de over a news story that Cleopatra had done the same. The Spanish-American war in the late 19th century was caused by a newspaper article blaming the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine on Spanish troops, when there was no evidence to jump to that conclusion. However, it seems now that propaganda has found new life on social media, with the intent of furthering a political agenda, or simply causing chaos by means of misinformation.
This spreading of biased journalism can also be seen within the twenty-four hour news cycle. When huge conglomerate corporations such as Sinclair control hundreds of local stations, the illusion of independent journalism is just that, an illusion. This poignant video illustrates the total control companies like Sinclair have over the news Americans are consuming:
By attacking the credibility of network news, and presenting these small local channels as independent journalists, Sinclair is encouraging the spread of the very propaganda they appear to condemn.
