The new Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald said he will soon be calling journalists to explain "what we expect of the media”. Should government have a say in how the media approaches news? OH COME ON!!

http://www.tribune242.com/polls/2012/jun/new-minister-education-jerome-fitzgerald-said-he-w/?c=3884

When I saw this poll I almost choked on my coffee, This was just calling out to me. I have soooo much to say about this topic but I had to drastically shorten it to keep people's attention, here is what I said.

We expect the media to deliver UNBIASED news which seems to be nearly impossible, each news source seems to have an obvious party which they support. The government should have little to no say on how the news should be approached. Many things can happen once government controls the media. They can change certain details to their liking, they can withhold information vital for the public to know, they can spread propaganda against an opposing party, they can spread lies about a dire situation just to appeal to the public when we have a right to know, and it can go on and on. Journalism is about seeking the truth behind closed curtains, bringing it to the public to see and let them decide how they want to interpret it. It doesn't work the other way around a Journalist is supposed to just report not decipher the information for you and feed you their views and give off the notion that it's fact. These days it seems journalism is starting to hide under a very dark veil of deception and corruption, which is very ironic in the information era we live in today.