The problem with the modern media is they do not have a sense of social justice.

Nowadays, with the media being so open, people are now more exposed to it then before. However, despite the growing need to be more socially responsible so as to maximise to the uses of the media, people are getting more irresponsible.

Take for example, the Prophet Mohammad incident; the Danish caused much controversy and unrest in the Islamic region. All because of a single act. An irresponsible act by a person. This caused a backlash and endangered many people’s life that is trapped on the wrong borders. The media has grown to be an overlord of information, not the protector of good quality information. Even, wrong and misleading articles like the drawing could be posted. This goes to show that the media has decayed to a level where it even endorsed such stuff as relevant news.

Another thing is, the media is only keen on promoting their own interest, whatever juicy attention seeking news they have they would publish out. They no longer have the sense of social justice to filter out the unacceptable bits. They are just interested in their own profits. So thus, how is anyone going to believe in a media which serves its own interest and not the community?

Lastly, my stand is that the media itself has evolved into something rather different from its past. In the past, the media was more factual in its reporting of news. Now, the media reports even made up news just to gain more recognition and money. The difference in objective is particularly large. One is to provide the most accurate and quickest information to the public while the other is driven by profit. Something which is driven by profit is not really a practiser of social justice right?

To round of this discussion, I would say that the modern media has no sense of social justice, mainly because now, it is driven by profit and not motivation to provide the best informations.