After President Trump’s exciting victory in November,
you noticed, and still do notice today, a divide amongst the people of our nation.
We have people excited for the future of our country, and we have people who
are worried about the future of our country. This is easily compared to the split
in our political parties, which even further can be compared to the split in
our media. However, I would say the 3 categories of political news would be: right
leaning, left leaning, and fake news. No matter where you find yourself on the
spectrum, we all must be conscious of the manipulation of the world at large. You
must be skeptical of everything, and trust no one source.
A hot topic as of recent would be President Trump’s immigration
ban, which has grabbed the media’s attention, and has been a continuous back
and forth of facts, opinions, biases, and emotions. The best media outlets I could
compare would be Fox News and CNN, who have completely different stories on the
sole topic. But here’s the deal people, there is only one truth. No matter how you spin it, or what you choose to
believe. There is nothing better for these political outlets than a naïve audience
to take advantage of.
Here are the facts, the immigration ban was placed
upon 7 countries including Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia.
The left sided media (CNN) is calling this a “Muslim Ban.” And what most people
don’t seem to understand is that this temporary ban, does not include Indonesia
and India, which just so happen to be the most Muslim populated countries. Of course,
without further research by viewers, most people would probably not know that. Is
CNN lying? No, they just aren’t sharing those specific details. Another
platform the left sided media has been running on is the thought that this
immigration ban, is “Un-American and Unconstitutional.” This accusation is
actually quite comical because Barack Obama actually did the same thing in 2014
when he temporarily eliminated immigration. CNN chose to not include this fact,
whereas the right leaning media (Fox News) did. Speaking of Fox News, their
platform of this controversial topic is that during the race for presidency,
Donald Trump’s campaign promise was to keep this country safe, no matter the
measure. Some may debate that he kept his promise, or stepped over the line and
abused his power as President.
As you can tell, it’s all a matter of interpretation and
what news source you watch. Our political outlets are merely just a game of “telephone.”
You know, that game we all played in elementary school, when you’re given a
story and at the end it’s completely misconstrued after being passed down a
long line of people. Words get twisted, either on purpose or by accident and it’s
our job to do further research and compare these sources. Although media
outlets like Fox News and CNN can be misleading or bias, chances are they aren’t
completely wrong, and are not lying to you.
