Summary #1 :: “Reporting The Facts” by South China Morning Post 1998

The thesis or “Reporting The Facts” from the South China Morning Post (1998) is that every day we have more information from the mass media which includes both true and false news. First, Sometimes, people are confused because there are some facts in the media, which are used by the media’s incorrectly. Next, the media uses catchy headlines to get people’s attraction, but sometimes they exaggerate the facts to make it more interesting. Also, if the media have to use quotes, it should follow the whole sentence and keep the same meaning,, but the media used that then changed it. In addition, there is some mistaken news on the Internet. Finally, in the world many troubles come from people who were influenced by the mass media.

:: by Jamie