Whoever controls the media also controls opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little to be done to rectify this. To what extent do you agree or disagree.
Information
coming out from news
outlets could have far reaching
impact on the way of life of the public, Add a hyphen
far-reaching
hence
anyone who directly controls a media house will definately
determine what goes out. I strongly agree with Correct your spelling
definitely
above
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the above
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viewpoint
view point
for two reasons; disseminated Correct your spelling
viewpoint
information
travels fast and wide and secondly
, Add an article
the journalist
a journalist
journalist
will rather submit to the directives of their employers most time.
The lifestyle and behaviour of every society Fix the agreement mistake
journalists
is
influenced by the Change the verb form
are
information
available to her. News
outlets have the responsibility of educating and keeping the people
informed. Because information
travels wide and fast, it takes just little
effort to get many Correct article usage
a little
people
to accept a piece of message from policy makers
. Correct your spelling
policymakers
Consequently
,whatever the intentions of the originators could have been will influence the behaviour of the society. For example
, some years back, major media houses controlled by businessmen and politicians informed the indigens
of Northern Nigeria Correct your spelling
indigenous
indigenes
thet a
particular immunization is harmful and so should be avoided. Many Correct your spelling
theta
people
believed it and acted accordingly
. This
led to the resurgence of wild
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the wild
polio virus
in the area.
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poliovirus
Furthermore
,with the high level of unemployment, newsmen will rather remain loyal to their employer in order not to Replace the word
lose
loose
their jobs. Correct your spelling
lose
Moreover
, employees can water down a news
item just to satisfy the desire of their boss, who are themselves way too influential. Consequently
, major happenings may be Add a hyphen
under-reported
under reported
or Correct your spelling
underreported
tempared
with Correct your spelling
tempered
tampered
such
that the populace is only offered half-truth. As a result
, many people
will be misinformed and this
has a way of shaping people
's character. For
instance
a major drug baron was arrested by the police, but because of his contact with very powerful politicians, he was left off the hook Add a comma
,instance
delibrately
. Unfortunately, Correct your spelling
deliberately
instead
of Add an article
a journalist
journalist
reporting that the police were complicit, they were forced to do Fix the agreement mistake
journalists
otherwise
.
In conclusion, I believe that the type and content of news
fed to the public,
would impact Remove the comma
apply
on
a society's attitude. Change preposition
apply
This
is possible because media houses are businesses owned by influential politicians whose main interest is to make profit
, as Add an article
a profit
such
would censor news
items not favourable to them or even fire employees who stand for objective reportage.Submitted by ibenekpor on
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