This CNN Hero solves an often invisible problem by providing ‘Undies for Everyone’ a daily story that is based on independent, unbiased, and ethical media. This blog is designed to educate people about the impact of the media on their lives and to empower the journalists who are working for the good of society.
Friday, December 31, 2006
The problem of the media in the world as it actually exists: the problems are huge. The problem of corruption is global. Even the most “responsible” media will have a “hidden agenda” and will have a “hidden source” and will make up stories to help that hidden agenda. This is a huge problem, and there is no simple solution.
A major problem with the media is that it is largely dependent on advertising revenue, often at the expense of ethics and honesty. If I am a journalist, I need the money, and I only care about being paid if I am working for a living.
This system of journalism is based on trust, where trust is earned from providing information that is considered to be reliable and accurate by other sources, and which is provided by people who have experience and knowledge, and who are trusted.
In any society, there are good people and bad people. The media are a filter for the good people and the bad people. They tend to only show good and bad people. It is not always fair, but it is usually better than nothing.
One of the most popular tools in a free society is the mass media. The media are the watchdogs of the world; they are there to protect us. When they fail in that role, that failure can be extremely hard to deal with. It does no good to blame the media for their failures, but it is better to be able to look at them and find out why they failed than to blame the media.
There are many who think that the media is free of problems in the way it operates. They do not know the way it really operates, and they do not have a basic understanding of media.
It really is a very complex system. The way the system has been broken down over the years is that many people and groups have made up rules for how it
