The Importance of a Well Informed Populace
Thomas Jefferson once said. “If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.” Even in Jefferson’s time ignorance was a problem, nowadays that ignorance has changed due to the internet, for the better or for the worst. Can America be truly a democracy if misinformed “facts” or simply wrong news is such a driving force? Although real news can spread faster than ever, so can false news. Ignorance has always been around it’s growing larger due to the media. Due to false news misinformation can quickly spread to the ignorant. Can America be truly a democracy if the misinformation rules?
A true democracy must be formed by well-informed citizens. The spirit of a democracy is meant to invoke the public to form their own government, where everyone has their say. When even the ignorant have a say is this country's politics, mistakes can be made. In America, the rules we have to follow as a democracy is the constitution’s amendments. The constitution is America’s backbone, it was written so that America had fundamental
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A form of news is propaganda not always completely false, but usually greatly exaggerated. Propaganda can easily turn on party or group on another. Propaganda has been around for many years , it spread through cartoons, movies, newspapers, and speeches. Propaganda was meant to alter the mindset of the audience towards the victim of the propaganda, it can even induce audience members to take action against the victim of the fake or exaggerated news. This fake news stands against what America is meant to be. America is supposed to be a place where people can have their opinion and live by it, as long as it doesn’t hurt people. To the uninformed false new or exaggerated news can be even more effective and possibly