Did you hear about the cat that robbed the bank? It was all over the Internet today so it must be true right? This is why you have to be extra careful when reading the news in this age of social media. It lets anyone in the world with something as small as a smart phone be a journalist.
I personally think it has interfered with the quality of news and information published, but if you are smart about where you choose to get your news and information from you have a good chance of reading the truth.
I find a lot of people like to read gossip stories and think of that as news. People have become desensitised to graphic or hurtful content and it reflects on society.
There are millions of news stories and information posted online than ever before but that does not mean they are quality ones. I even find there are so many spelling mistakes in major news papers as if the reporters are not proof reading their own articles but just pumping out as many stories as they can that don't inform us as they should on the subject.
I feel that soon a large amount of people won't read or watch the news but use social media outlets to hear quick clips of news and not the full stories.
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