44. Is the media to be blamed for
social disharmony?

The media is not on a mission to create social disharmony, it is a profit-based institution of news reporting. What we often refer to as ‘negative articles’, is nothing but an outcome of the evaluation done by the media industry to offer the news that their readers ask for. The readers seek sensational news and the media supplies it. If the media industry does not sensationalize news, their newsworthiness would decrease among the followers. Hence in order to survive in the competitive environment, they resort to this modus operandi. So, the media cannot be blamed.

In such a situation, the audience should realize that the media should not become an influencer for them. If people develop the wisdom to not take the news appearing in the media on face value, rather they evaluate the sanctity and veracity of the report, this issue shall be resolved.