Media Experiences

When I was growing up, I thought that news channels such as FOX, CNN, and NBC told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. As I grew older I began to notice that one news channel would report a story, and another news channel would report the same story in a completely different light. So I began to question: what is the truth and how are we, as citizens of the United States of America, suppose to distinguish fibs from the truth. Recently, the media coverage of the uprisings in Libya and Egypt have expanded my views of other countries and their suffrage. Also, the Internet allows for a free and open flow of discussion and debate. So everything I heard on the news channels, I would look it up on the internet and see what other people had to say about it. This way I got other sources and other people's opinions which helped me develop my own ideas and conclusions.