What is knowledge? The dictionary meaning of knowledge is (1): the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (2): acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique (3): the range of one's information or understanding (4): the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning. In all sense of the word every source of knowledge is valuable and trustworthy in its own way. However, not any one source of knowledge is more reliable than the others. In many cases a certain source of knowledge would be more ideal to discovering what you want to know then other sources. For example; if one wanted to learn how to tell a joke, the most ideal source of knowledge would be comedies in the media (i.e. The Simpsons) or personal experience (i.e. trial and error). The reliability of a source of knowledge is purely situational and/or dependent on whom it is written, recorded, or broadcasted by.

When consulting a book for knowledge in a certain area one must keep in mind several points. A publishe

The reliability and precision of the media is dependent solely on the person responsible for its publication. Most media products such as newspapers, magazines, and television shows are concerned mostly with how it is rated and how many people buy into it. Only by attracting the public, will ratings and the number of people subscribing increase. This makes the media more money. Because of this, not so pure drive to inform the public, they will attempt to exaggerate the material in an effort to present the writing or television shows in a more interesting and attractive manner in order to raise the ratings and in turn earn more money. Inevitably this exaggeration of events will lead to an ultimate distortion of the truth. Another aspect to consider about media knowledge is the value of time. In the media it is “first come first serve”. Whoever releases the information first has a greater chance at receiving a profit for the release of the information. However, because of the unpreventable rush to publicize the news in order to have “first dibs” on the profit, there is rarely enough time to verify the facts of the situation before it is released publicly. Conditionally, the best way the media serves as a source of knowledge is if the person is interested in knowledge in performance and marketing. Essentially more accurate knowledge will be obtained from science books and journals as they are written by professionals. They have adequate knowledge about the topic and have little to gain by stretching the truth as their group of spectators is small and not profitable.

One would think that one’s personal experiences with a situation would be the most reliable and trustworthy. From personal experience one can derive their own conclusions about what they have experienced. If one was there to really experien

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