Uek!!

Day by day, i grow weary of listening to the news. Be it news on the internet or the TV, it's all the same. World mainstream media, alternative media, government funded media, independent media. These medias give a bad taste because as I noticed, there is not a single media in the world which offers a free, fair and clean report on a certain issue, especially when it comes to politics.

In Malaysia for example, there now exists two types of media in the world of politics. One is the mainstream media and the other is the alternative media. To put it simply, media endorsed by the ruling government is called mainstream, and media endorsed by the opposition is called alternative. Reading both of these reports, it leaves the public in total confusion.

For example, one report says that the current financial administration in the country is going well and the other media says that Malaysia will be heading for bankruptcy if finance is to be continued at the current pace. So, the question is, who the hell is telling the truth? Are these all but perceptions..

I think media is a dangerous medium. It's much more dangerous than having a gun in the hand, because media could poison people, manipulate the populace and influence people who don't think. In the old days, when one has a powerful sword, he could rule the world, but now, if one controls the media, he could manipulate the world and shape the world as he pleases without having to kill a single person. That is the danger of media.

Until the day that the media culture in Malaysia will be mature and open minded, that will be the day when I will start reading the newspapers with enthusiasm again. Now, I'd rather stick to watching anime, cartoons and documentaries. Much more peaceful and undepressing.. Call me ignorant... but sometimes being ignorant is a bliss