Can Media Regain Public Trust?

Matt Bialick

Patricia Andrews

Media, Politics & Society

9/28/10

Can Media Regain Public Trust?

            The media can only regain the public’s trust if the media changes, or future generations are uninformed. As of now, not all the public has lost trust in the media. Also new generations will allow the public’s view of the media to change. In schools and in younger generations, we easily see that news that is fake and biased. When we take a look at our classmates, we all know the same information about which TV shows are biased, and which websites are trustworthy.  I do not assume that everyone in the public is as up to date with the medias problems as we are. At a young age we have know friends who have posted fake youtube videos, and seen the fighting and opposite views between MSNBC and Fox. There are still people who are just now watching youtube, or still only watching one news channel. I think that younger generations understand how to search for better sources and not fully trust the media. I think in the future, the information we are currently learning about the media will stick with us. We will double check sources to get the truth about what the media is saying. The older people will probably never fully wise up to the media’s lies and bias’s. The public regaining trust in the Media depends on the information we teach our future generations. If future generations stay informed, and the media unchanged, the public will not regain their trust. If we don’t discuss the media with future generations, the kids will grow up never knowing to second guess what they hear.