Misrepresenting Facts
Sheri Blakeney Professor Fischer English 101 9 April 2003 Misrepresenting Facts The declaration of war with Iraq launched a new epoch in the profession of journalism. ... Constant barrages of unanswerable questions, incessant speculations, and amateur critiquing, have done nothing but confuse the facts. ... One thing is for sure, this spectacle does show the public just how easy it is for the media to twist the facts, add a little speculation, and report it as news. The news networks are in constant competition with one another for viewers, so they make every effort to transform the simplest of facts into a prominent ordeal. They do this by hypothesizing about elements that may not even be relevant to the facts. This competition also paves the way for reporting inconclusive and unverified facts.