A famous newspaper published a front page article about some acts of violence in a specific area of a well known city between two groups of people. According to that article, the cause of these fights between 'gangs' was due to drug dealings because that area was famous for that.
Some days later, a rectification was made (but this time not in the front page) concerning the cause of these fights. It was in fact not related at all to a drug affair and the area is not even a drug dealer's place. However the author of that article did not even appologise for publishing this 'wrong source of information'.
Can you imagine how people who live in that area felt when learning that they lived in a place where drug dealings are common ?
Today, I will not focus on whether this kind of press reporting was ethical or not. But I will concentrate on 'us', the 'consumers' of information.
When we watch tv, listen to radio, read newspapers or magazines, surf on Internet etc..., maybe we shall always try to keep an open mind on news or piece of information which raised our attention.
Perhaps things we learned (positive or negative) are not always true and we need to verify our belief.
Because wrong belief, false perceptions etc.. tend to end in gossips...
Alain Fok
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