Does the media play into our fears?

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A news agency is supposed to be bias free and report on the facts

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Perhaps, but they certainly don't provide anywhere near all of the facts,
and half of the crap you will hear everyday is exactly that. Craptacular! Woo!

I guess i didnt explain this clearly enough. They claim to be biased free but in actuallity are filled with them like you said, they sell the public on the fact that is bias free and just facts.

I dont really want this to be a political debate. I understand politics will play a large role in this debate bacuse of all the media conterversy always stems from a political debate.

why debate left and right anymore...it just gets everyone mad.

While people includeing myself do feel quite strongly about political debates i never get mad. I always know that the people on the forums are mature enough to respect the others opinion. I know PIX and I will disagree on many things politically, I also know that we can always settle our diffrences with frisbees or M4's. ^_^

I have a suggestion for the media, either remove all biases or make those biases completly visable (assumeing they do a good job at hideing them). But will this actually change anything? It might slightly in the policial feild, but will it remove our fears? There will still be reports about homocide and it will always shake the integrity of the people of that community. It will amplify fear of a similar fate to you or a loved one. So do we really need it? Someone who belives in the media will say that it is good to know the world and the issues around you. I dont watch the news, the only news i get is what i hear from the radio when my parents have it on and yet I feel I am very aware of world issues. I think that as a society we will have to deicide weather or not we want the news. I would radically change it. I would inform people of the negative issues in the world and get as many discussions going about how to prevent it. The news is missing out on the later and is incredibly important to the well being of our planet at its inhabitants.