Truth, what is it?
The dictionary states that truth is "the true or actual state of a matter"; however, when we obtain a said 'truth' from a newspaper article, television broadcast, or magazine, how are we to be sure it is the definite actualities of the event? Several news broadcasts discriminate, leave out important information, are extremely biased, and can create information for a theatrical response from their viewers. While watching tonight's nightly broadcast, are you sure you are getting the full story with all the relevant information and facts? The truth is...your not. What gives these people the right to feed information into society without telling the whole story? Perhaps I cannot blame the news broadcasters, producers, etc.; however, today people need to be extremely careful when deciding what to believe. As humans, should we not want the world to understand earth shaking incidents?
Evidently, it seems that Hollywood has found its way into the news world and created a more candid version that is exciting and contains suspense, but is also untrue. Then again, what do many people in society feed off of?Celebrity gossip runs the life of many tabloid mongers. Walking into a grocery store or standing in line at a gas station, one can not help but look at the magazines with their fluorescent headlines using words like 'sex, drugs, and murder' to catch interest. Is this fair? That information published in these magazines is utter garbage? What happened to humans wanting to tell the truth? Gossip in these magazines is just another incident where fiction overshadows the truth. Flipping through these issues and reading the text is just another form of news that lies to its readers. Also, how degrading is this for the people who are actually written about within these pages? Oh, but we don't have to worry about them they are multi-millionaires, remember? How vile has the human race become that lies sell more than truth? Then again, how can we discern between truth and fiction anymore?
Personally, I find it disgusting how the truth can be hidden and manipulated just to make it not look as boring? What sells more, a story about a celebrity having a child or a story about said celebrity having an illegitimate child along with a love affair on the side? You do the math! It is just the same in the news. Who wants to hear about soldiers being sent to the Middle East for no reason? No, there must be a search for nuclear warheads that have not been found, yes that's it, that will help sales and keep people reading!
How sad have we as humans become? Are we really that dull that we need excitement in every bit of news we read? I would like to say no, but evidence shows that we are a little too into the fiction we are fed.
I guess this leaves me back at my original question, 'what defines truth?’ I find it hard to decide what does, do you?
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Truth is incumbent on subjective perception and therefore eliminates the existence of an absolute truth. There are 6 billion people on earth with a potential for 6 billion competing truths. Truth means something different to everybody but we have institutions like academia, religion, government,and media to name a few that set the parameters of truth. Throughout the ages collectively held truths have become falsehoods like the switch from a geocentric to a heliocentric view of the solar system, flat earth to spherical earth etc. The point being truth is a transitory concept and not a concrete unwavering principle. Currently that is my 2 cents worth of truth.
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