The
Media: Good or Bad
The people of the world want truth delivered
to them through the “media” that they watch, listen to, and read. These media
sources can be majorly grouped as GOOD or BAD. Indeed, the “media,” in many
cases, has used fear tactics to control people and cause them to live in
constant alertness. Indeed, the “media” has often strayed from its original
purpose which consisted of presenting the “news” on a truthful and moral
manner.
The positives of the “media” include the
following: important “news” can be made known to the vast majority of people
and can influence the world’s opinion rather easily if one does not filter what
he sees, hears, and reads. However, a few negative attributes have been
ascribed to the “media” in the last century or so. Not to group all the “media”
in the same ship, but many “reporters” use fear tactics such as
“exaggeration-of-the-truth” and “double-sided speech” (lying) to scare their
realm of influence in to believing their opinion rather than the truth which
they choose not to search out. Many a person has become a brainwashed creature
that blindly follows the monstrous leader of the common “media.” The “media” is
appalling by the type of fear and control that it possesses and instills in its
listeners, readers, and viewers.
People can retaliate against the affects
the “media” have on them. One is that we can pray that God heals the
brainwashed and deceived areas of our mind that the “media” has instilled in
us. Another way is to replace some of the time that one spends on the “media”
and replacing it with Bible reading to listen to God. Still another is to pray
that God will change the hearts of the “media” drones and broadcasters.
In conclusion, the “media,” for the most
part, has fallen from its original purpose and we must combat it for it is
mostly corrupt. Make the truth known to those you converse with and most
importantly spread Christ. Since Jesus is the TRUTH He should be the focus of
Christian “media” workers. Therefore if the people of God ban together and spread
the Gospel we are doing the best that we can to change the “media” by planting
seeds of Jesus.
