Central Argument: Media has a large influence over people and aggravates an issue to its extreme.
Media has played a vital role ever since the world has made great advances in technology. Everything now depends on what the media have to say. Sometimes media goes overboard and exaggerates about particular issues and the audience interprets the information wrongly. Therefore in the first place media should stop exaggerating about untrue information. For example: Woodstock School was one of the targets for the terrorists, Anna Hazare and his position and lastly the exaggerated points which were made about the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Woodstock School specifically known for its wide diversity amongst the student body is recognized all over the world. A few years ago there was a terrorist threat at Woodstock. A group of men were attacking the good international schools in India and Woodstock was definitely one of them. There wasn’t any action taking place but a few not so famous channels on the television were exaggerating about the situation. The media said that there was action and violence in Woodstock School, therefore parents started panicking about this issue.
On the other hand concentrating on the bigger picture, Media played a vital role in the Anna Hazara talks. Media went overboard talking about how Anna Hazare is like another Gandhi and is like a father of the nation—India. The things that were stated about Anna Hazare on the television or even on news were exaggerated facts which were mostly untrue. If the media stuck to what was true there wouldn’t be second thoughts in peoples head. Once a person mentions such deep and striking statements it’s hard not to believe it. It’s the after effect, which one realizes that it’s just exaggerated and not true.
Recently a few months ago, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (AP) was killed in a helicopter crash in Kurnool a district of AP. During his journey the radio contact was lost with the helicopter. Just because media couldn’t get in contact with the people who were travelling, media made up things that were untrue. The entire state came to a halt after hearing what the media had to say. The same evening when the accurate news was known to the state people were shocked and mute. It was a tragedy.
Media a lot of times states points that are untrue maybe just by mistake but a lot of times purposely. The exaggerated facts that the media states are a shock to the audience that watches or reads the news, but once again without media no one would know anything at all. Media makes us aware about what’s going on in the world today.
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