Closing Statments

Tonight ends JUA, and over the course of it I had some fun, learned a lot and found interesting subjects around our site areas. Although our plans didn't exactly go as...planned, we had some fun interviewing people at MIT, despite the paranoid person who refused to be interviewed and thought the government controlled the media.
In regards to our Essential Question feel that the media that the majority of America believes and listens to is manipulating the truth, which is not to say they are lying, but the way they state the truth is deliberate in order to sway public opinion. Publicly funded studios and media sources, while they may contain bias, as all things do, keep it to a minimum and attempt to emphasize facts. Therefore I can safely say the truth IS manufactured, however those who do the manufacturing are not the entire media, but those with a private agenda be it political or otherwise.
In regards to my driving question, yes how things are said can effect people's outlook on issues being discussed. In fact, once the use of descriptions are used, one is putting their own personal bias into the statement. For example, I could say "it was 36 degrees today" (hypothetically) it would be fact, but if I say "It was very cold today" it is a bias statement and is therefore no longer fact. Whether or not this is intentional in media varies from station to station and even anchor to anchor or DJ to DJ, however the fact that manipulation is possible through use of words is undeniable.

These are my conclusions upon leaving JUA and Boston.