Hackers of the World

How can we trust what we read, hear and see when one corporation owns a majority of media outlets? Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation are what we refer to as 'news', hell news  is in their name. As a hypothetical, they could publish a story which is completely false, and publish the same story in all of their news outlets and everyone would think it is true, because we as humans have a inbuilt system of "Majority Rules".

When tabloids know what we fear and what we want, they have power over us. They extort our fear for their profit. That is what was so terrifying about the News of the World phone hacking scandal back in 2011. Information is the most valuable resource in the world, people pay millions of dollars to know what type of shampoo people are using, or what telephone provider you are signed with. How valuable is the information about you on your phone. News Corporation aren't the only people who are spying on you, they were just doing it without your consent. When Face book, Google and ITunes are selling your information and tracking your every step in order to sell you items.

So where does one draw the line when it comes to privacy, just because I pressed some button at the end of the huge wall of text does that mean you have right to know everything about me? is that just as unjust as listening in on my phone calls?

References:

Chandrasekhar, Indu, Murray Wardrop, and Andy Trotman. "Phone hacking: timeline of the scandal."Telegraph UK. N.p., 15 Nov. 2012. Web. 2 Feb. 2012. <www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8634176/Phone-hacking-timeline-of-a-scandal.html>.