I wonder...

Media plays an important role in democracy. The history books convey what the media then reported. So much of what we know about the past is from the media clippings from that period. One would think that press would realize this and be very responsible with respect to what they report, but they tend to report views instead of news which is not good for the sake of our future generations that are going to understand history based on this information. Not only are political parties/individuals influencing and "buying" media guys - TV channels, newspapers and websites...countries/governments are also dictating terms to ensure that something is reported while something else is not. Since that's what is happening now, it could have well been happening earlier too. It makes me wonder if we are learning history from one particular point of view rather than learning facts of the past. Isn't it possible that some happenings were exaggerated and some others underplayed? Could Hitler have been a different personality from what we are told he was? Do we know everything we need to know about the war on Iraq?