The media misrepresent and misconstrue facts to fit with their own agendas

I applied to be the politics sub-editor because modern media frustrates me. I am sick and tired of purposefully misconstrued facts to push further the agenda of the media conglomerates. The media no longer consistently bases its arguments in facts, but in opinions disguised with facts – certain facts having somewhat dubious backgrounds.

For instance, in early August the BBC released news about how excessive drinking habits can lead to oral cancer, and yet their main feature article of this was based around a woman who smoked and drank… The BBC with their mission objective aiming to “inform, educate and entertain” combined with their company values of, I quote, “Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest”… Well I don’t know about you, but a sufferer of oral cancer with an excessive drinking habit who happens to smoke – to me it seems more likely that the latter is to blame… just throwing that out there…

So basically what I’m saying is, think about what you’re reading – you are at university, you should be questioning where the facts are coming from and what the agenda is behind them.

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