Media and Misinformation POEM: Shadows of Doubt

Shadows of Doubt

Shadows creep where truth once stood

A labyrinth of lies where truth is concealed

Thronging with info

The net’s just like a cotton-filled pillow

I just don’t know what’s right what’s wrong

Will this trap continue lifelong?

 

I feel so helpless

So uninformed or rather I’d say misinformed

That I’m being stormed

It leaves me feeling like I don’t know who to believe

 

My worry deepens day by day

Why do we have to pay

For the evil and political intents

Of the media presidents

Who unfurl a curtain on the turn of events

To merely disorient and create dents

In the society resulting in immense torments

 

Be it the media traditional or social

Biases are on the way

Ranging from political to algorithmic

Why are we being targeted and trapped

In the relentless war of profits rhythmic

 

 

If we’re misinformed

How can we understand the world around us?

This is not fair

But if we can’t change the world

Let’s start the change within

Lets learn how to prevent these traps

For instance: prevent clickbaits and verify before we share

And beware of the red herring malware

Its time that we now care

Before the fog spreads its flair

 

An infinite quest, a shadowed screen

The search continues, an endless, endless pursuit

We must clear the shadows of doubt ourselves, the shadows of doubt ourselves !

-BY KAVYA MEHTA