"Denzel Washington Calls Out Media: If You Read The Newspaper, You're Misinformed"
The article discusses how Denzel Washington, an American actor, director, and producer, 'called out' the media for producing false information. The 61-year old actor claims "If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed,”, insinuating that the consumption in media is inconsistent on whether what is being presented is true or false. With this being said, he states “To tell the truth. Not just to be first. But to tell the truth. We live in a society now where its just be first, who cares just get it out, we don’t care who it hurts, we don’t care who we destroy, we don’t care if it’s true. Just say it, sell it. Anything you practice, you will get good at, including B.S.”
It is without a doubt that media consumption is being provided by the consumers themselves sometimes, examples including Facebook posts where information can easily be twisted by any user. This as a result blinds the distinction between genuine news and made up stories that confuses consumers. It also creates a distortion in people's reality as they are unable to make sense of things due to how much a certain event or situation has been medelled with.
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