I've been catching up on my reading of late.
I read one magazine over the weekend that said taking a flu shot reduces your chances of getting the flu by 90%. Today I read in the Atlantic that those same vaccinations are practically useless.
It proves to me there's a downside to getting all the information that we get from the media. Our tendency is to believe what we read but obviously one of those publications has it wrong.
I suppose the advantages of all the communication we have outweighs the disadvantages but I've felt for a long time that the media operates in a vacuum of sorts. By that I mean there's no checks and balances like those that exist in most of our society. And if anyone from a blogger up through a government official proposes some checks and balances the media screams censorship.
I'm all for a free press. It beats the heck out of the alternative. But I think we need a few checks and balances to prevent the misinformation that is occurring. Maybe better labeling of articles or reports for opinions versus news reporting would work.
I don't know if that will do it but if this type of media reporting leaves me confused as to what to believe it makes me wonder what seniors twenty years older do with it.
You can classify this post as an opinion.
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