After my day of overviewing my media consumption, I noticed that I was not properly being informed of certain things correctly. I found that it was because of the source. I realized that the only reason I properly and correctly know about things is because of my mother. She is full of political knowledge and is always up to date. I find myself interested in finding out the correct information in the first place not just trust the first source I see, regardless if they are verified or not. Fake news is something that I have to admit have trusted and listened to and I hate that.
In order to fulfill how I want to see and interpret the correct media, I have to switch up my own habits by changing the sources I read and pay attention to, along with daily conversations with my mother to bounce ideas back on to establish my improved political standings based off of the truth and not fake news. I need to stop getting information and opinions off social media and start reading articles from more accredited sources. That way, I can trust what I am reading or listening to is the truth and leaves out as much possible bias as possible. I noticed that when I was receiving many of my news and notifications I was quick to judgment and aggression when I know I did not know the whole story.
I saw a brief tweet and was immediately upset and frustrated with the President when in reality I just did not know the full and correct story. I plan to pursue accounts and subscriptions to newspapers online and follow news accounts on twitter to receive my daily news and politics that way. I also had a conversation with my friends about how many things we are taught everyday that are actually wrong and how extremely frustrating that is.
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