It is the media's responsibility to tell the truth!

I respect true journalists. I greatly admire those that report the truth, even if it goes against the popular belief.

I have great admiration for Geraldo Rivera for telling the truth about Michael Jackson's 2005 trial even thought his network as well his audience were falsely led to believe all the media hype and the popular belief. He never backed down and insisted on reporting nothing but the facts until the very end when he was indeed proven right.

I also recommend Aphrodite Jones's wonderful book titled "Michael Jackson Conspiracy" in which she tells the truth about the 2005 trial. I admire her courage for coming forward and telling the truth after being involved in the media circus during the trial.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the majority of the "journalists" out there who have no journalism background what-so-ever, but are on TV because they look the certain part. They simply cut and paste others' reporting and stories rather than analyzing anything and repeat one particular part only to sound smart and credible.


I wonder if it's too much ask that we have journalists who do investigate and who do analyze the subjects and the story thoroughly. I always thought it was their job, but these days, in an effort to be the first ones to break the news, they simply regurgitate what other news outlets are reporting.


I found this wonderful blog post by Charles Thomson who wrote about the media's distorted reporting on its favorite subject/person to "torture"

It's a wonderful, in-depth article on why the media MUST take more responsibility to report the truth and STOP distorting the truth for sensationalism.

I have so much respect for the field of journalism, and I sincerely hope that we shift away from sensationalism and focus on reporting the facts, not opinions. The truth will prevail in the end.