Media Fasting

Media Fasting for one week. No TV, No News.

I was watching CNN Last night. They were talking about Facebook and Twitter usage for Iran protests and MJ death. I am browsing Internet for last 9 years (From 2000). What I have learnt one thing is, Never trust any information Internet unless you could verify the authenticity of the source. There are millions and millions of people in Facebook and Twitter and they are providing information on Iran protests, claims CNN.
They read lots of information from it as CNN does not have a good presence in Iran. I am wondering how they are verifying this authenticity of the information and how can they televise it too.
It is not just CNN, It is applicable to FOX NEWS, MSNBC and all other US NEWS channels.

I am not wishing that there are not that a big protest going in Iran. Its Iran's revolution and protest, But Media has become so bad now, They will go to any extent to increase their viewer-ship or Page views of a website. They sensationalize everything. Its happening in India too (All English channels), In India it is worse as most of the political parties are opening one nowadays.

They are News channels or News website, They are supposed to report news as-is from the ground. I used to read THE HINDU which is a South Indian News paper. Editorial column is the only column through which they express their opinions, Reaming columns will be just news and we have to interpret it in whichever you want. Now I think either people have become lazier or media/news paper has gone to the next step, Interpret the news for us... :-)

I used to hear NPR (www.npr.org) when I was working in LA. After so many years, I have heard a real news in that radio channel. Good work.

Hope others will catch up to it and increase their bottom line by reporting real news. To do that we should stop listening to these media crap..... People let us start this media revolution.

I have decided to do Media fasting for a week..... (Except Watching Wimbledon.. :-) )