U.S. Media to American Citizens: You Can't Have the Truth

Americans as a whole have a lot of values and beliefs: freedom, equality, privacy and many more. One of the values most Americans hold is truth, and how important it is to be truthful. In America, lying is not illegal but it is immoral. Considering that this is such an important value to Americans, one would assume that the U.S. media would reflect the values of American society, but that is not the truth.

We are being fed false and misleading information, in matters big and small. It has come from trusted sources such as established newspapers, experienced journalists, Pulitzer Prize winners and Nobel Peace Prize winners. It has been going on for a long time, sometimes by carelessness and sometimes by deliberate lying (Hoven).

The U.S. media lies to Americans everyday, in one way or another, and sometimes, most times, unbeknownst to them (the American citizens). It happens through advertisements, T.V. shows, and even the news. The media definitely does not reflect the American value of truth.