TV was rated the easiest-to-use and most accurate news source, according to teens surveyed in a recent First Amendment study. TV was followed closely by the Internet as a news source, with 66 percent of respondents getting news from Web sites sponsored by search engines.
Only 21 percent of those surveyed used national newspaper Web sites for information on current events and even fewer used actual daily newspapers (Tracey Wong Briggs, "Teens Turn to TV, Internet for News," USA Today, Sept. 22, 2006).
While TV may be a popular news source, it is still a source of information tightly controlled by a small group of people. It is
an essential skill to be wisely critical of what is presented on the TV or at Internet sites. Understanding the bias of those who report the news is crucial in a world that is flooded by large quantities of information every day.
