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.

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coming out from
news
outlets could have
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impact on the way of life of the public,
hence
anyone who directly controls a media house will
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determine what goes out. I strongly agree with
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for two reasons; disseminated
information
travels fast and wide and
secondly
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will rather submit to the directives of their employers most time. The lifestyle and behaviour of every society
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influenced by the
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
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effort to get many
people
to accept a piece of message from
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.
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
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indigenous
indigenes
of Northern Nigeria
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particular immunization is harmful and so should be avoided. Many
people
believed it and acted
accordingly
.
This
led to the resurgence of
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in the area.
Furthermore
,with the high level of unemployment, newsmen will rather remain loyal to their employer in order not to
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their jobs.
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
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or
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tampered
with
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.
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a major drug baron was arrested by the police, but because of his contact with very powerful politicians, he was left off the hook
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. Unfortunately,
instead
of
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reporting that the police were complicit, they were forced to do
otherwise
. In conclusion, I believe that the type and content of
news
fed to the public
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would impact
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a society's attitude.
This
is possible because media houses are businesses owned by influential politicians whose main interest is to make
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, as
such
would censor
news
items not favourable to them or even fire employees who stand for objective reportage.
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