The role of media in democracy

Media is a technology that facilitates the distribution of news, ideas and perspective to a large number of people. Newspaper, Radio, Television, and in modern times even the Internet have become an aspect of communication media.
It is rightly said that media is one of the four pillars of Democracy as, without an impartial media, citizens of India would have no way of discerning truth from fallacy. And soon we would find that the government has a free reign. We have numerous examples of this happening. For example, most of the news channels on the television constantly fight over TRPS and overly sensationalize news. And a lot of people lose complete awareness of what is happening in India, let alone the world.
We do also have examples of impartial media who have not forgotten their role. The Hindu is a wonderful role model as a print media that focuses on telling the news as it is, allowing the reader to decide for himself what is happening in the world.
And for that reason, social media holds immense potency in current times as it allows the citizens to aggregate over unjust matters and take actions in their own hands. Causing the government to be careful and measure each step it takes.
It is time that the television and print media takes ownership for the lack of awareness prevalent in our democracy, stop focusing unjustly on their capitalistic goals and allow India to be the nation it was meant to be.

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