This week I have been given the opportunity to read a whole new type of media. I have always been a fan of the ever popular CNN. For the sole reason that it was all that I really knew. It was easy and convenient to access the media by turning on the T
V and flipping to CNN, a reliable channel that always showed the news. I am now finding that CNN is not the only source of media, in fact I am finding it is a very biased form of media that mainly focuses on nonsense topics that only pertain to the particular local group which the show broadcasts to. I feel that our local medias have no particular audience in mind, it needs to have the ability to be read by anyone in any frame of mind. People need to have the ability to decide if the believe something or not, all on their own. But certain forms of mass media have taken the choice away from people. The present media gives news in such a conniving way that your end reaction is exactly as they planned it to be.
For the past week I have been reading the New Internationalist via the internet. It was amazing to find so many stories about countries so far away. It seems like mass media here tends to focus on things local, because after all it is entertaining and people can relate to it. But what about the news that no one here’s about. I found the New Internationalist was able to provide that to me. In all the articles that I read I found no connections to the United States. It was a relief for once it wasn’t all about us. One article I found very entertaining was about how China had promised to change its ways due to the demands of the 2008 Olympics. And of course the ways that I am referring to are the communism government and its strict press policies. Although China had promised freedom of the press to the visiting countries this was not the case. One reported experienced first hand that the local police officers were trained to restrain the press.
One of the main things that intrigued me about his article was the fact that something like this would have never aired on CNN. This topic was just so different that any other I had heard. I was nice to be able to feel a connection with the reporter and really know that he was capable of giving you a first hand glance at what really happened. Nowhere in these articles did I see reporters push for their personal views instead they just wanted to inform you about what they witness and what they had learned themselves. Many different sources were used, but the best ones I felt were the opinions and views of everyday people. Instead of listing so some professional that you can not relate to it was refreshing to hear what people like me from all over the world thought.
