July 5, 2007

Can the News Media Ever be Responsible to Society?

Managing stress of
society. Can the news media ever be responsible to society?
Reporting the news is the function of the news media. And that can be done responsibly or it can be done irresponsibly to society. In fact, every news program ought to have a
responsibility rating–say between zero to ten. If the manner in which the news
is being presented is totally responsible to society it receives a rating of
ten. If it unnecessarily ads stress to society and it totally
irresponsible, the program should be ranked a zero.
Fact is we’re at war with
terrorism–nothing new there. The news can take on the role of
being informative or it can take on the role of Tokyo Rose during World War II.
Usually I write about managing stress using
biofeedback, hypnosis, nutrition… for the
individual to aid in one managing physical reactions to stress or getting rid of
unwanted habits such as smoking, overeating…
Just as stress affects an individual, stress
also affects society and sometimes with lynch mob results.
Now if you were a
terrorist, what would you like to hear? Firstly we know that
terrorists want to kill all infidels–they deem everyone other
than those who have their beliefs (including those of their own race and
religion) as infidels. Their goal is to disrupt our lives […]