Its something that is overlooked all the time. Is the media providing a false impression on today's society? Are we focusing too much on the gossip of the world instead of reality? Is that what the viewers want? The media today, print and television, avoid the reality of the world and promote the entertainment industry. Whether it is through the news or cartoons in the newspaper, the entertainment industry is getting all the attention. The general media foundation, which is built up by major corporations across the country, is promoting the entertainment over the wars and the bloodshed happening overseas, and even in this very counrty. Sure we hear about the war, and the loss of lives every day, but it is only a small fraction of the newscast, or a small portion of the newspaper.
The question really comes down to why?
I think the answer to this is simple... people don't want to know the truth. They don't want to hear about the things going on overseas, they don't want to hear about all the negative things going on in the world and in their own back yards. They want to take the gossip of the entertainment world, and turn it into their own form of entertainment and become turn that into their world.
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Perhaps it should be noted, in addition to the probability that most people would rather not know the truth, that they are subsequently encouraged not to hear it by a media that does not provide it.
And relatedly, that they don't know what they could know were the media to offer it.
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