The credibility of Media Sources
Introduction
Media sources lack credibility because of factors such as manipulation from companies. They are driven by the need to make a profit and therefore accept to present incredible information. The media sources are sometimes pressured by powerful institutions such as the government and therefore end up not being credible sources. Media sources sometimes tend to accept claims that lack enough evidence making them incredible sources.
The credibility of media sources is questionable because they are owned by organizations that sometimes provide only the information that they want to be heard. This can lead to the incredibility of information because some of the information could be altered or omitted (Moore & Parker 2017). The more companies control a media house, the more incredible information they present. Some of the media sources are paid to give information that an organization wants to be heard despite being credible or not. Some of the organizations are very powerful and therefore have a huge impact on the media sources.
Apart from reported news, even the opinion writers and speakers are also sometimes paid to present the opinions they present and this shows that the information is not credible. Writers are paid to write positive information about a particular company’s programs to promote them. The government and most of the companies just want to show the positive side of the news and not the truth and what is happening. Media sources are politically biased (Moore & Parker 2017). Some support certain political news and this will fail to give credible political news due to the political bias. Newspapers have always been politically divided and therefore their credibility is questionable.
Conclusion
Media sources sometimes lack credibility because of manipulation from companies and powerful institutions. Some of the media sources are owned by organizations that dictate what is to be presented. This causes altering or omission of valuable information. Opinion writers and speakers are sometimes paid to give particular information and sometimes write positive information. Some of the media sources are politically biased hence presenting political news that is in their favor.
References
Moore B. N & Parker R. (2017) Critical Thinking 12th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, New York.
