What changes could improve the quality and usefulness of information provided by news media and/or other media sources?

        Are all sources the media uses credible?  No, they’re not and the main reason for this is that we don’t always know where the media obtains its information.  There are a few media sources that show where they got their information from but not all of them. The government should make sure that everything in the news and newspapers is referenced and that the sources are credible.  They can do this by employing people who check all the information before it is publicized in the newspapers.  People will then have more faith in what is written or said in the news and they will find it easier to believe it.  

        Sometimes the news uses witnesses to show what has happened and to back-up what they have said themselves.  However, sometimes these witnesses might still be in shock when telling what has happened and they might make the situation seem a lot of worse then it actually was.  When witnesses are interviewed to tell us something, we have to be careful that we don’t start believing something that might not actually have been so horrible, because witnesses can exaggerate.

        In the past couple of years, it has been a lot easier for the media to get access to information.  This is mainly because of internet.  The internet can be a very good source to get information from, it is fast and easy to use.  However not everything that is on the internet is true.  One has to be very careful when using the internet because there are many sites on the net that present themselves as something or somebody that they’re not.  These sites can give the wrong information and when the media uses this information without knowing it isn’t true it will unwillingly put the wrong idea across.  

        To sum it all up, the media should make sure that their sources are reliable and the government should keep an eye on this by employing people who check everything before it is publicized.  This way people will get the right information.  The media should also make sure that it gives both sides of the story.  Because when they only show one side, people will automatically assume that that is true and will not create their own opinion.   People should be able to create their own opinion and they can only do this when they know both sides of the story.