Media Literacy

Over the years I have learned to become skeptical of anything the news media says. This started at home with my parents who taught me at the age of 15 not to believe everything you see and hear on television. It has progressed from there through the years as I have grown up and begun to form my own oppinions of the world. In college I have learned new things about the media through classes. One of the classes that had the biggest impact on me was Media and Politics. This class helped me to see that everyone has an agenda. The media has an agenda, the people who own a specific media have an agenda, and the people advertising in that media have an agenda. All of there agendas play a role in what is put on television. The media can be a great source of information but you have to understand that not everything they say is the truth.