The News: A Reliable Source?
But, one thing I came to realize through social media was that these media houses received so much information that they can’t talk about everything within the one hour allocated to brief the nation about what’s going on. So, what they do is to handpick some of the important and juicy topics to serve us.
I don’t own a television and I don’t think I would even need one because I don’t know what I’m going to use it for aside it serving as a form a decoration. There’s news all around us if you ask me. These days, everything you’re looking for is right in your face. I don’t even remember the last time I went to google to look for news because once I hear about something happening, I’m most definitely sure it would be on Twitter and there would be much more news there than I would even need.
I don’t know how Twitter works in other countries but for Ghanaian Twitter, there’s always something hot going on. Even though I’m not a fan of Twitter, I do make good use of it. And the funny part is that, even TikTok is starting to also have such information and details just like Twitter. It’s unfortunate I can’t get the details out of the persons own mouth but I sure can watch the person being interviewed on TikTok and Twitter.
I honestly don’t remember the last time I sat infront of a television to watch news because honestly, I don’t even have the time for that. I’m always on the go and so where am I going to get an hour to spare just to watch half baked news. I don’t even need to be told this but I know for sure that these media houses are hiding a lot from us. I have a friend who works with one of the famous media houses in Ghana and she once made a statement that all the shows that are being broadcasted are for profit. And so, when you see them bringing someone on a show and the person is insulting politicians and all of that, it’s because he has been paid to do that just to get views since that’s how they also generate income.
The world is really not safe out here. You believe everything you hear at your own risk because at this point, we all should know that everything is business. Once it would views which brings money, that’s what they would feed the public with. I wouldn’t say media houses feed people with wrong information, but I sure know that they withhold so much information the public needs to know. It’s a good thing todays generation are detectives themselves.😅
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I do movies with TV and not news... A lot is happening out there really and trusting what these media houses have to say can actually mess up ones mind.
I used to keep my distance from news before but X changed everything. I just need to check trending for the hottest gist. Despite the information available on X, there is still fake news flying everywhere so it's important that we are careful with things we believe in.
That’s true.regardless, we have to be conscious of the kind of information we take in.
I have a TV in my room, and I don't think I have ever watched news on it. My dad used to make us watch the news when we were younger. But as we got older, social media platforms became our primary source for news. It's legit for hot and sweet gists.
Now you say you’re a big boy so you won’t watch news with your daddy.
You have said it all, they just hand pick and share what they feel is good and want the general public to know.
It is well.
Truthfully with the emergence of social media and smartphones to an extent TV has lost its significance unlike those days we used to gather in front of TV to watch news. There is nothing on this earth that can't be found by browsing through the internet or searching through social media gossips. And the most fun part of it is that, compared to TV, newspaper e.t.c trying to gatekeep some information that doesn't align with their interest, social media/internet does not have such boundaries.
Aside using it for Netflix and chill, I would say Tv is just for decoration these days.
Seriously, for me, tv is meant to get yourself engaged with one thing or the other. I set priority per time for using my tv. There is the for sports, news and movies. All these are important as it makes up part of life.
News is life and keeps you updated.
Men love football but being a lady, I don’t know what I would be doing around TV.😂