Verify Before Accepting and Deliver News or Information

It’s  important to check the news or info before accepting and share it. One very basic rule is to check the source of the information either is the person, newspaper, portal or any entity. If the source use to provide false information or fake news then you should label it as untrusted source and especially not to act upon it. This include and especially fact or news from anonymous entity. While you should have trust in source that are proven reliable in providing correct information and true news.

Nowadays, in the age of advanced globalization, in line with the sophistication of global technology, it is not an impossibility and difficulty for anyone to disseminate information to be communicated to the public. Even more people are interacting with the virtual world which is flooded of news obtained through various channels such as newspapers, magazines, mass media (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) and so on. Just type your keyword into the internet search engine, every detail of the information you need will be displayed. The issue is, is this easy to obtain information, can be filter and verify? If the message is a truth, then it is good for the one who receives it, but if its not then it certainly invites conflict.

Social life nowadays cannot escape from discussing current issues as a gossip and argument at some point it become conflict. This situation is worsen by the presence of a group of people who make gossip and other people's weakness in gaining popularity. In the end, society will live in hostility and chaos.

We need to be careful about researching and looking for evidence related to the issue of an allegation to others. We must always be positive and not rushing in making conclusion. The news or any information received should be reviewed and the accuracy of the information must be check to avoid any bad things such as slander, defrauding and demeaning others.We must look carefully, and without rushing, when we  face rumors.

If a person comes to you for whom he cannot be trusted, you must check the authenticity of the news. This is so that you do not condemn or accuse something when you do not know the truth. Failure to check the news can lead to bad prejudices in the community as well as instability.

Don't be prejudiced against others. Prejudice will cause you to insult and ridicule others. It will cause person to have negative thought for his friend. This shows how important it is to know the truth of a given story. It's for maintaining relation between human.

Therefore, research before accepting such news must be taken seriously to ensure if its truth. This is to prevent the spread of fake news. In delivering the news, one must be responsible for all his speech. Therefore, he should be careful in every aspect of his work. In addition, the news presented must be true and will not cause embarrassment and lies.

How to Receive News?

The good morals and principles teach people to always be positive and not rush to make conclusion. Do not believe anything before ascertaining the truth. And don't follow prejudices and bad news. We should be very angry with people who love to hear bad words, and then immediately tell others to slander, or try to destroyed other people relationship.

Such people are not only good at expressing what they are hearing, but the desire to ruin others will motivate them to add something different to what they hear, by creating something they have not heard.

Manners of Writing and Receiving News

The turmoil in this era has seen defamation and the spread of news grow rapidly through social media that allows anyone to watch it and receive news around the world at all times. The sophistication of various social media-assisted communication tools such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs speeds up the delivery of information and make communication between people easier.

However, some people use this social media to convey the news and even receive it without checking the authenticity of the sources and information in the news. The information or news obtained may sometimes lead to disagreements and some may indicate the truth.

Nowadays overload information, which is easy to obtain, is no longer able to be filter and verified. Any news that is obtained without checking the truth and certainty can invoke hostility and strife among us.

Therefore, the truth, the right information can make us capable of evaluating, thinking and most importantly acting on it. Conflicts arising from the ambiguity of the information or news obtained make the whole community living in a state of suspicion towards each other, but even worse when it involves family or relatives. These are the things that need to be taken care of and a firm attitude needed toward finding and communicating the right information.

Manners in Writing and Delivering News

These include:
1) Do not rush to deliver the news without verification.
2) Do not convey news with the purpose to cause conflict.
3) Delivering the news that does not bring shame to anyone.

Manners in Receiving News

These include:
1) Review the news and check it. The news or any information received should be reviewed the accuracy of the information to avoid any bad agenda or bad thing such as slander, defraud and defame others.
2) Not receiving news from people who cannot be trust and even non-authoritative news sources. In receiving information, look to those who have the authority to make sure that the information provided is true and accurate. This is to educate the public to refer and receive the news and to review it.
3) Not easily deliver news especially when it involves the dignity of others.

Conclusion

In the concept of receiving or relaying the news, to ensure the truth and validity of the news we must go through several processes in order to refine and examine the news. Therefore, some factors to consider are:
a) Be very careful in communicating news.
b) Ensure there is no misunderstanding and misunderstanding of facts that could lead to defamation.
c) Ensure the authenticity and truth of the news before share it.
d) Do not rush to conclude a news.
e) To instill good taught and to avoid prejudice against others.
f) Maintaining a friendly relationship and not destroy relationships between people.

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