The problem with the modern media is they do not have a sense of social justice. Do you agree?

Modern media is the present means of communication, such as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, which reach or influence people widely. Social justice is the principle of moral rightness of or relating to human society and its modes of organization.

What is the purpose of media? It is to provide facts and information to readers. But do the modern media fulfill their requirements? Perhaps yes, but there are more to it.

Modern media are very open, in a sense that everyone can contribute in one way or another. The most ‘open’ media would be blogs. It is very common among teenagers and they are writing how they feel about certain things in their blogs. Even though they should be responsible for their own ‘arguments’ in their post entries, many do not. For instance, there was two bloggers in Singapore charged for not following the ‘rules’ when using blogs. One of them is being racist and giving unfriendly comments on other races. This wrong doing is not fair to people of other races, especially in countries like Singapore, which is a multi-racial country. Since media has been an influential medium over the years, some information in blogs might mislead people away from the truth. So, will blog still be considered as media?

In addition, reports and advertisement in printed media might contain additional made up information. I’m not sure about the purpose of these additional ‘facts’ but I believe it is to attract attention of readers, and to publicize their printed form of media. This happens especially in entertainment news. They can be made up easily, and people do believe them easily. Some of the reporters might be paid to change the facts that they know. Well, these are my opinions. What is really happening inside these media, only they know themselves.

As readers, we should cross reference to many different form of media for the exact information, and not to believe on one single source of media. Sometimes reporters do make mistakes. In conclusion, media should provide readers with the facts as much as possible so as not to betray our trust in them. We have the rights to know what is happening to the world and not the stories that are made up.