Online News Is Reliable Or Not

Nowadays, nearly 60% of the world's population has internet access. The Internet is a great source for sharing news across the globe. There is much news that appears online every day. They are reliable but some of them are not. Readers need to know trustworthy sources to get genuine news. Numerous reliable media and blogs post genuine news online. They won’t trick people with fake news because they build a reputation from genuine news and make a profit from this reputation. The BBC is a trustworthy media in the world and has a good reputation. It is funded by advertisements and license fees from television channels because of its genuine news and reputation. If it had broadcasted fake news, wouldn’t have received advertisements and license fees and wouldn’t have survived until today. If people follow trustworthy sources, they might not get the wrong news. There are tons of blogs that post the same news. People can make cross-check on different sources to confirm the news is true or not. Social media apps provide an account identification verification system. There are many verified accounts on different apps. News from verified accounts is likely to be true. News can appear from unknown sources. News from unknown sources is less reliable but it may be true or partially true. Some blogs identify true and fake news. Readers should know such kinds of blogs. A lot of fake news is also circulating among the true news. Individuals or communities can intentionally create fake news and spread them for their self-interest. They may modify the real news mixed up with fake news. Such kinds of news can confuse people and can be effective in tricking people. People also tend to believe when they see the same content multiple times even if it is a nonsense one. During the strong covid period, some businesses tricked people with imaginary contents such as medical shortage and food shortage so that they can scare people and raise their product price higher. Readers should not trust reputable media all the time because trustworthy media may have a bias in news for a bigger profit. They may create advertisements as news to attract more attention. In conclusion, online news is reliable if readers follow trustworthy blogs and verified social media accounts. Even if the news is trending it may be fake content created by a group of people. Readers can make a cross-checking on different blogs if they feel like the news can’t be true and should not blindly believe in the news of an unknown source.