the reliablity of media

There is a so sad reality for me, and my fellow classmates in China, to major in journalism and communication, that is, the more we learn of how about the operation of media industry, the less we believe in the media. Considering the complicated operation of the media and the money-driving structure, the media become more and more unreliable.

In the past, I always took the information on the media serious and believed whatever they said. But now, no matter what the media reports, I would suspect first and look for other proof in the different media. Although I can get the same information in different media, I would not believe anything totally.

There is a very famous controversy issue of media in China which lasting from last year to now called “Huanan Tiger Issue”. This issue is originated from that Shanxi local government declared that a farmer photographed some pictures of Huanan Tiger which is a nearly extinct species of animal in the world when he was climbing the mountain and then showed the pictures on the media. This is a very important breakthrough because the experts had not found the Huanan Tiger for many years. However, after a few days, some experts claimed that the pictures are faked while the farmer insisted they are real. At the same time, the local government insisted the pictures were real and argued with the opposite opinion. This argument lasted for a long time with many experts, national forest bureau and national court involved in until a person found the tiger on the picture is highly similar with the tiger on the New Year pictures which published several years before. This evoked big discussion on the internet and the reality nearly came out. Finally, it turned out that the photos are faked and the potential maker is the local government which wants to make a name for it.

Eventually, this becomes a completely farce which destroy the government dignity and a lot of experts’ which have their own secret intentions. However, I don’t want to talk too much about the lack of government obligations and how many famous and common people stimulate the development of the issue. What I want to say is there is nothing can be believed in the world, even if you see it by yourself!