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The Last Generation that has a say

-- By BriannaCummings - 09 Dec 2015

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This election cycle has been particularly troubling for me. I consider myself to be a well-informed voter; I read the paper, watch the news and see what the net has to say most days and even vote in mid-term elections. In doing so I find myself wondering; “were people were always this crazy?” or “is this a new kind of craziness?” I see the comparisons of Donald Trump’s campaign to that of Adolf Hitler and reflect on the sordid history and current predicament of my own people in the country and tell myself no there’s always been pervasive evil in the world. I tell myself that evil has always found a way to garner power and support. But the millennial in me still wonders would think have been the same in the past if the masses had access to information in the ways the current generation does?

24 Hour Media Cycle

Having constant access to news is both a blessing and a curse, we have the tools to be the most informed and knowledgeable generation at the least cost in modern history. The world-wide use of personal computer connected to the web has put the world at our finger tips, after all there is nothing Google doesn’t already know anymore. This is a blessing many of us (millennials that never lived in a world without internet) constantly take for granted. The use of personal computers connected to the web also allows independent journalism and blogging to occur without publication costs. This is key for the transmission of information needed for a number of revolutions currently underway. It is also important in the era of corporate sponsored news stations that often pick and choose what stories get coverage and what perspectives are presented. This is a curse, it is exceptionally easy to completely block out any media coverage that does not agree with our beliefs and views. Major “news” outlets such as Fox News, CNN and MSNBC can all cover the same event with such bias that it is hard to recognize the report are for the same event. Fox News has gone so far to the right that a commentator has to refer to the President of the United States as a pussy to be suspended from the air (only for two weeks though).

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