This subject we discussed about on the last TOK lesson was really relevant to me personally because of the incidents of the 30th of September, 2010. Almost a year ago, there was a massive protest done by the Ecuadorian police, which almost literally shook the country and that has marked the lives of Ecuadorians that witnessed the events. That may sound a bit too over the top, but it really was a shocking and unforgettable day for all the people of this country - even up to this date.
What was scarier about that day was that there was a great ammount of uncertainty of what was going to happen that day - literally all the country was badly informed about what was going on with the president in the center of Quito. In this part, the media areas of the country should have stepped in to inform the country on what was going on and the precautions that we had to take to stay safe (as all the police was on "strike" it was the ideal time for delinquents to make their appearance all over the country, taking advantage of what was going on). The tv channels and radio did keep informed the population informed... but just for a while. At around 4 pm all of the tv channel transmissions were cut out and replaced with the government's channel - in other words, that day only the voice and opinion of the government was heard.
Personally, this caused me to double think if what the government was saying was truthful or not, as they were claiming that the president had been kidnapped and that there was absolutely no chaos on the streets. It was only to be discovered a few days later that they had lied, as many civilians resulted injured from confrontations agains the police and that the president wasn't kidnapped, but that he pretty much "stepped into trouble" himself and ended up trapped between a fight of the police and the military forces. Some people did believe what the government's channel was saying, specially the people that were keen followers of the president and his campaign. On the other hand, there was the people that didn't belive on the channel, as they believed that the information given was biased only to benefit the president.
Now that many years have gone past, the goverment has been getting into trouble with a lot of independent newpapers on Ecuador, such as El Universo. With cases such as this one, the government has been repeatedly arguing and sueing all of the independent media types of the country that have spoken about something related to the 30-S. To date no one is really sure of what did happen that day, so the general population is still unsure if these newspapers are saying the truth or not, as these have been very trusted medias for the past 100 years.
This is why people can be led to believe on things depending on whom it was written by rather than by analyzing the facts and trying to dig deeper onto to the story to discover if the truth is being said or not.
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