What is the society without media? Well, basically it would be a mess. People wouldn't have any confirmation on anything. But then, what is media without the society? What I mean with that question is how would the press function if they do not have passion in serving the society? If by all means the media persons just cared about their jobs and their salaries per se, then the content of what they do wouldn't matter.
A perfect example would be this scene from The Newsroom's first episode where Jim Harper noticed a news alert, which was about the oil spill in Mexico that could've been the worst environmental disaster ever. He's not yet hired at that time but he chose to give priority to the news alert, marched to Will's office and argued that the news is relevant even if it was only color-coded yellow. Nobody gave priority to that particular news but him. And that's how a journalist should be. They rate news according to its content not according to its color. Kind of like not judging a person by his/her race, color, or ethnicity.
Journalism isn't just any profession. Again, it is mainly about serving the public with the right and important information. Here in the Philippines, entertainment and crime reports dominate our news industry. I strongly think that we could do better than that. We could do better than reporting who's dating who, who broke up with who, or how gruesome did this person die. We SHOULD do better than that.
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