A news editorial written by Doug Gross on March first 2010 and published by CNN, reported that as many as 75% of the people in the United States find their news and information from on-line resources as opposed to television or newspapers. Why would so many turn to this new resource for news and information?
1. Regardless of your political persuasion you are undoubtedly concerned that what passes for news from the main news outlets is usually junk. Too often they serve up super-sized helpings of worthless but dramatic reports, while neglecting to broadcast news that is critically significant to you, your family and acquaintances. About a year ago every major news outlet was publishing stories about two collage aged adults video tapeing horrible events at ACORN offices. It was a scandalous story that ran for days. Did you learn the later story when the FBI studied the tapes and determined that the young man's voice was dubbed in afterward so the ACORN person was not answering the question you thought you heard? While few taxpayers would appreciate it if our tax dollars really were being used to maintain what the video pretended to demonstrate, there is a bigger issue here. Why wasn't the main stream media, both television news and newspapers attempting to figure out where 700 BILLION dollars vanished to?
By contrast, constructive information is in reality what the internet is for. While it occasionally involves some time, surfing for news regularly results in finding those essential news stories.
2. We recognized the reality in the old saying "Whoever pays the piper, gets to call the tune." For profit news outlets have an monetary interest in not offending companies or industries who acquire publicity from them. Too often and often too late the public is advised of a serious news event that wasn't published until the problem was settled. Months later we are told of the information withheld by the key publishers to look after their advertisers.
The world has lots of people who are actively involved in important events going on in and around their lives and for any one of a long list of factors, they often want to get information to the community. To those citizens the web is the great medium to enlighten people. There are no corporate obligations to inhibit the information from being circulated rather just people resolute to get the information to other people who might gain from it.
3. But there is a menace of news from the net as well. Too often well intended to malicious people make up hysterical threats that plainly don't exist. One current case in point of this was the "boxcar and shackles" story. The story was that boxcars were being developed and fitted with shackles to haul people off to concentration camps located across the US. After researching this it was obvious that the freight cars in question have been in use for about 20 years for moving automobiles. The shackles? They are the equipment used to hold the autos in position throughout transport.
Unfortunately this story got some "traction" and scared people who believed it. So the challenge of using the internet for collecting information is little different from handling a firearm. Manage it cautiously, know without question the source, investigate and research once more. Information that seems extreme should be researched until all question about the accurateness is confirmed.
Internet news is usually exceptional in its' breadth and scope. Using it you will uncover information that influences your daily existence and future. But do be careful when you read, listen to or see information that is extreme. It might be accurate, but it is your responsibility to study the information. Or, simply gather your news from trustworthy sources and save the time.
Author Resource:
Not The Times is a new source of important but not hysterical news on a variety of topics you can use every day. Pete Orthmann, Editor
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