Media and Government

Media and government both have duties to inform the public. Government tends to try and bias their information to be received in a certain way by the public. For example if something bad is going on in another country, it is going to be down-played to have a minimal effect. Media on the other hand is considered to be the fourth branch of the government. This is because they are involved with the checks and balances of the three official branches of the government, in order to get stories straight and bring issues to light that might otherwise be suppressed.

There are many investigative reporters out there similar to Jim Hummel that expose corruption in the government on a larger scale. For example when it was thought that the US might have been selling arms to an embargoed country in exchange for the release of hostages. This is information that the government clearly isn't going to leak to the public, but with help from these types of professionals the truth can be exposed for everyone to see.