The Media I Absorb

I am coming to see through examining what I take in an as media that I am being influenced at times without my knowledge. That is a scary realization. I enjoy watching the news and never realized that the anchors were skewing it until I looked for evidence of that. Likewise, I would never watch the news channel that doesn’t support my own opinion. So, I am just having my thoughts reinforced by watching the news instead of having the facts presented. When I watch more television I tend to watch shows that reinforce my own opinions and just ignore those that don’t. This past week I was watching the president’s address and then afterwards I put on the news that I normally watch. There was a noticed lack of standing on the democratic side, especially when he spoke of war and really didn’t think much of it until I watched the news. I tend to not like our president and often I won’t even think into what he is saying. The news channel had the democratic rebuttal and I was eating of his every word. I mean, fully engaged, nodding my head, buying into it completely. It was just as slanted as the president’s speech was, but because I agreed with him I let this get into my head. I think that is a large weakness of mine and that I need to consider the lens that I’m viewing the world through and maybe try to expand that so I’m not just being reassured of my own thoughts. I should try to make myself see both sides of the coin even when I don’t want to.