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The Ugly Truths

Martínez, Ma. del Carmen

The Media

It is pretty shocking how the media distorts the truth to control people’s thoughts nowadays. This happens in every country but especially in Argentina. There is a dispute that has been going on for a while now between what we like to call K and antiK. This way of naming the people comes from our president`s surname ‘Kirchner’ and refers to their political stance : for or against the present administration.

As stated above, it is actually horrifying how the media distorts the truth to their own benefit, either for or against the government. There is news about the government that is not shown on the channels against the government and news about social issues that does not appear either on those that favour the government.

So what can we do to get to know the truth without any filters? What seems to be the most logical and easiest solution is to analyse both sides and draw