Blog #5 - Anti War

 

                                                        Antiwar Blog Post 

       After exploring ANTIWAR.COM and American Conservative, I found intriguing information on a stance that is typically not seen in the mainstream media. It’s no secret that in today's current world most of our mainstream media seems to be very pro-government and always comes up with an excuse as to why they do what they do. Having some of the biggest sources people get their news from is biased and aims towards one side of news and back the government silences strong conservative sites like these. The main reason for this is that websites like these don’t fit the typical mainstream media narrative. War provides the news with a good dreadful story and coverage with a story to attract viewers and have people trust them to report the news. I never really truly paid attention to this phenomenon until Covid-19 hit the world. I started to notice that no matter what was happening in the world, it was the only topic the news would cover, making me believe the media loves reporting the native aspects of life. If mainstream media and big government want the country to be run a certain way, they are going to try to push the narrative online by hiding big conservative sites like this and promoting their agenda to get more people to follow along and agree. It’s a fact that it’s much harder to find strong conservative articles or websites from a google search than strong left-leaning views websites.

I personally love seeing different viewpoints all across the web even though I am confident in where I stand in terms of media sources I trust and my own personal beliefs. I think we should be able to search for controversial topics and have pro-war and antiwar websites come up in order to give us a variety. This issue seems to be an issue of silenced vs unsilenced voices through the internet and media. The unsilenced feel that that war would be good for the economy and production of goods and the silenced believe the war would be awful for us to engage in.

 Overall, strong anti-war and conservative websites struggle to get proper recognition and media spotlight the same way pro-war viewpoints do. It’s important to always hear both sides to an issue and present the public with both viewpoints for people to understand and have the choice to easily read and make their own decision about where they stand and what they believe.