Youtube: the newest news source

People talk about freedom of speech, and our generation seems to have latched onto that idea in a big way. The internet provides people with so many ways to express their opinions and Youtube has become one of the most popular ways to do that. People treat Youtube like a video diary, expressing their feelings about everything from world events to high school dramas. Youtube has become a way for people to see how others feel about things, but also get a glimpse of events happening in other places. Like many news shows on television, videos posted to Youtube can show events that are important in the world that an average person might not be able to see. On the other hand, the upside to online video postings is that you can get a very personal insight into the event that is occurring. I believe that Youtube may be the news source that our generation will look to in the future. It’s true that people have less respect for privacy, and that almost anything can be viewed on the internet, but this is true for anything on the internet. Already, major television stations are using Youtube to feature popular videos and appeal to a younger demographic. I believe that eventually, a majority of the news people get will be from online sources such as Youtube. It’s accessible, filtered to keep out smut, and reliable to a certain degree. People will have the same recognition factor as online broadcasters as one on television. Youtube is the future of media in our world, and I’m ready for it.