Review on Class April 30th

 Today we had our LLA lecture with the best ELA teacher to exist, Rab. winkwink
Anyways, Rab basically explained to us how the media was controlled. The medias are all going after one thing only and that is money. They would do anything to get a few extra dough, even if it meant exaggerating the news to get more ratings or editing bits of it to make their sponsors satisfied. This reminded me of the one time my old high school was on the news. An incident occurred in our school and I remember news reporters being everywhere. Because I was  a student there, I was told the actual story. However, when I saw the news air at night, I noticed how the media completely distorted the story. I finally realized then and there, how the media worked. The media didn't need the actual story, they just wanted 'a story', one that would sell, one that would make them look good. Just as it is said in the movie Citizen Kane,  the people will think, the way the media wants them to. It is such a frightening statement but nothing could be more truly said. During the Arab Spring as well, Gaddafi was conclusively killed. In the media, we saw numerous videos and pictures showing the Libyan people chanting and celebrating his death. However, did you know that he actually did good for his country and continent? Of course he was a dictator who controlled the people's lives, slaughtered many Libyans and commit other horrible actions as well but what people don't know is that he actually saved a lot of Libyans from poverty. Gaddafi was one of the few African leaders to try making an African based bank for the gold and mines that could be taken from the land there. Now, because the US and other western countries wanted complete control of it, Gaddafi was pictured as a complete threat.

 Now with the internet prevailing and convenient social networking sites, it is as if the media has taken its turn for being a more democratic source. However, after hearing about how the comment section was completely shut down when Margaret Thatcher passed away and about Gaddafi's other half of the story, it just makes you wonder. Also, I've heard that there are several fake twitter accounts and facebook accounts that come out as being normal civilians' but actually are of people from companies or the media trying to spread rumors and sometimes call out for a protest.

This all leads to one certain question, then what should I believe? Whether we like it or not, this world is full of lies. We just need to critically examine and contrast every single information to get as close as we can to the truth.