THE PROBLEM WITH MEDIA IS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. Do u agree?

According to www.dictionary.com, social justice means" the moral principle determining just conduct pertaining to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community" I personally feel that media do not have a sense of justice.

Media is given the responsibility of reporting the truth and facts to the public so as to increase awareness of the events that is happening around us. It is through media that the public can get more knowledge. But are they doing their job?

Media tends to distort facts based on their monetary benefits. In order to increase total revenue, to get more people to read their news articles, they report news that captivate the attention of the speaker. An example would be the case of the Virginia Tech incident. The media did not practice social responsibility and social justice, and even reveal the video content that was actually not to be disclosed to public.

Also, because of fear for authority, media did not live up to the expectation of being the watchdog for democracy. In the case of the violent persecution of Falun Gong in China, the media chose to reveal that the chinese authority did not torture the practitioner but instead they commited suicide. Because of fear, they chose to take the easy and more convenient way out. So how exactly have they displayed social justice?

Therefore, i feel that media does not have a sense of social justice as they only considered their own benefits instead of doing what they should be doing- reporting the truth to the public.