internet nowadays became one of the most important resources of information, but the problem is sometimes it is hard to identify whats true and whats false since everyone has the power to axes internet and spread any kind of information they want under a fake professional name.
that is why i never relay on one website or online page to read the latest news.. whether it is about the world or about celebrities and ...etc
for example recently i heard about the death of the talented singer Amy Wine-house. i saw this information on a online news page, i had to make sure that it is the truth before i start telling my friends about it... i had to make sure that am not spreading a rumors.. so i went to three other websites and i even looked for videos on YouTube that might have more proves of her death.
but there is some news that you cant really be sure about. for example Will Smith is one of my favorite actors he is married with four kids. i read a rumor online that says that he is homosexual. i was really surprised because there is nothing that proves this rumor. people kept spreading this rumor and it is everywhere now online. what surprises me is that there is no prove what so ever and still people kept talking about it. in the end Mrs. Smith decided that it is about time for everything to be cleared up so she said her husband and she are happily married.
that did not have any effect on the public and people still kept spreading that rumor.
these kind of rumors are the cause of Wars, social problems and sucidal attempts by teenagers... these rumors have the power to truly effect people that are being teased and judged by these rumors about them.
i recently read a book called 13 reasons why. it is about this teenage girl that kills her self because of all these rumors about her, she was judged and she felt there was no one who actually wanted to know the truth, she felt like everyone in her school found it more fun to say bad things behind her back. this is a really heart breaking story and i really learned a lot from it.
i guess in our society people like to believe bad things and rumors about people than to actually find out the actual truth and what is good about people because we all like when we give that news that surprises everyone and then people start talking and discussing about it over and over again.
so in general i think if you want to find out what is true and what is not don't relay on one website or on the internet only but ask, search and look for truth before you start spreading the news because it is people you are talking about.
by: laila elfatih mustafa mohd
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internet is not believable!!
Saturday, 30 July 2011
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I agree with you laila. Rumors are the reason of social problems and suicidal attempts among the teenagers as you mentioned. Nowadays rumors are very familiar thing in the internet and day by day it is increasing too faster because of internet permitted enormous spectators to extend these rumors along with the technology to facilitate their transmission. most of the time these rumors spread unauthorized websites which create lots of social problems and bad impact on the youth.
i agree with you, specialy about the part that people like to hear the bad news then start searching. then after finding the truth but the point is people should start relize what is trusted source and what is not .
thanks
Doraid N. Mohammad
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