Only an enlightened non-gullible audience will get a creditable press.

The reporters dilemma: most of them would rather publish a story than not. After
all they are in the business of reporting. But most reporters also know there are times
that publishing can harm or ruin peoples lives: it is common to witness unsavoury
elements in the media to do so on purpose for a cause'. They sometimes air gossip as
truth, want people to believe the worst, especially about the politicians and the
celebrities, because the worst sells. Every newspaper and every media channel,
virtually without exception, pushes a point of view. What it defines as news or a
narrative in itself represents an opinion. News does not come to us as raw; it comes
packaged, edited and may be even doctored. It is more of pamphleteering. After the
paid news scam was unearthed, many reporters conceded that it was not uncommon
in the media to twist facts, manufacture incidents, make people up in order to
fashion his story more readable. It is an open secret that media channels are owned
by business lobbies who give a spin to every story to promote their vested interests.
The only recourse a responsible public has is to follow the news more closely and
learn to read in between the lines. At the same time they should acquaint themselves
with the issues and examine them from a multitude of perspectives. Knowing more
means taking less on faith: understanding that there is no real truth, only
representations of it, all of it unavoidably biased. It means setting the standards of
evidence which would help us transcend our cherished dogmas and prejudices. Only
such an enlightened non-gullible audience will get a creditable press.