some of the media are demanding for their rights. Didn’t they free to present something? Didn’t the government give them enough freedom? Didn’t they have million ways to propose what they want? In my opinion, internet helps distributing every facts, ideas, and opinions worldwide with no obstruction. On the other hand, internet is the way which many people use to spreading false news, like in this news “Washington Post Suspends Columnist for Twitter Hoax”.According to Joseph Plambeck from The New York Times, The Washington Post suspended their reporter Mike Wise form deliberately publishing false news, a news that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, is suspended for five games because of his sexual assault, to his twitter. Although, Mr. Wise explained that he want to study how fast a piece of misinformation could propagate through the internet, he has banned for a month. The Washington Post’s sports editor, Matthew Vita, said that whether Mr. Wise posted this news on his own account or the paper’s account, he has responsibility as a reporter of The Post, and Mr. Wise accepted the ban.
Although, I'm not take Thailand's medias, both newspapers and television's news, much, I know there are many garbage news all over every sources of medias. Many of the news are opposed to themselves and I can't believe in any of them. In Thailand, again, almost all reporters select to side with political parties giving them more benefits; moreover, they report news with no responsible. They must look this case as their example, and they have to have responsibility to every results following. I think this is not the guilty of internet or freedom, but the man who did this. Finally, I think us, as a media taker, must think carefully before choosing to believe in any news.
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ReplyDeleteThailand, country of corruption. It'll be like this forever.
ReplyDeleteThe advertising organization has freedom in the border which was created by government, so it's not a freedom.
I think, Mike Wise might wants to promote himself to public, and I think it's not a kind of behavior of professional to behaves like this because he is a part of mass media so he should has responsibility and faith in his job.
"People which the gorvernment hatre the most are people who know too much."
ReplyDeleteIf people knew the truth, it would not easy to gorvern.
Do you think open both political-selected-side media to publics will help? Yes, but gorvernment won't let it happen.
If a topic is censored and some opinions on that topic cannot be published, then there must be ignorance about that topic. Knowledge requires that believes can be responsive to facts, but censorship (all censorship) necessarily makes that impossible, which means that people in some countries are necessarily ignorant about things they have strong feelings about! Those feelings cannot possibly be well founded.
ReplyDeleteThis is why a free and strong press and strong constitutional protection of freedom of speech are essential for a healthy democracy.
I think that there is plenty of garbage every where, in both print and internet mass media. And TV news programs often seem to me pure garbage, but I have to confess that I've watched a total of perhaps 3 hours over the past decade, so maybe it's changed since I last looked.
ReplyDeleteI think a Thailand's media have very power for long time.I see many wrong news that they didn't proof before publish it. And many of Thailander are believe everything that in news before think about itthat make civil problem in now.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do you think is the solution?
Is more or less censorship likely to help?