Post Class, 4/18

One thing that interested me a lot that we talked about in class this week was how people believe in he things that certain media figures say but the people that they listen to don’t necessarily have any credibility. People like Anderson Cooper, Oprah, Barbara Walters and Larry King are all looked at by many people as trust worthy individuals that deliver true information. While some of these people may be creditable sources a lot of them are not more qualified than the average American to deliver accurate information. When I looked up some of these people on google I noticed that some of them, such as Anderson Cooper did have degrees from prestigious universities such as Yale. Others such as Larry King have never even been to college. It amazes me that people put so must trust into Larry King to deliver information and he hasn’t even been to college. I seems that people may only listen to him because he can talk well, is good at interviewing people and he has been around for so long. It goes to show that being intelligent does not necessarily coincide with being a good news anchor. People like getting their news from people that are attractive to look at and people who are good public speakers. As critical media students we must look deeper into things and not just listen to what these people say because other people do but we must take what they say as an opinion and look at their credentials to judge whether or not we should trust the information that we get from them.