http://pakobserver.net/200909/20/Articles02.asp

This article from the Pakistan Observer explains the dangers of an untrained journalist. Online blogs, stories or any kind of published "articles" are skewing the publics' views. The "media" as a whole professor are being criticized but with what right do "people" have to put all of us to blame?
The article states that "journalism has expanded its role and activities and has also grown in power.

The role of media cannot be denied, yet question may arise as to how ethical this role is."
But is it that media power has extended or is it that more people of the public who are untrained are reporting freely and hurting the image of the media. The article states that, " a minimum academic qualification is needed to enter all professions ... but no such basic education is required to become a journalists. A ballpoint pencil and a 20-rupee notebook is all that a semi-literate person requires to attend a news conference or a seminar discussing a highly technical issue."

It is true that a lot of the news of trained journalists are bias and conduct unfair or swayed news stories. But all in all when the "media" as a whole is critiqued who is included? FOX news is clearly one sided and even the N.Y.T. can be found favoring a side. Is is possible then for anyone to be unbiased?