This summer, I had the honor of interning with the Media Research Center as a news analyst for their NewsBusters division. How I got the internship was a God story alone, but all I can do is look back at gratitude from my time there.
I have always wanted an internship in Washington D.C., but had almost no idea where to start looking. Through my internship program, the Washington Fellowship at Liberty University, I was able to see a portal of places to apply for internships and the Media Research Center was one of them.
Before applying, I looked up the MRC for the first time to see what I was getting myself into and to my surprise, it was up my ally for what I wanted in an internship. The Media Research Center counterfeits the left-wing media bias from pop culture to politics. My role was to watch the news and write articles to highlight when the media was either leaving out facts or showing bias to a left-wing agenda.
Watching the news almost 6 hours a day can feel overwhelming. I would come home from my internship and talk about the news again with my roommates who were interested in politics, as well.
As a Christian, I recognize how the media is deceptive, but at the same time, I want to be informed. There is a balance between staying up to date with current events in the country and world, but not letting it paralyze you. At the same time, I could not help but recognize how the enemy is at work in the media.
The media is full of deception, anxiety, and divisiveness, which the enemy runs on. It is important that Christians recognize the enemies tactics while remaining strong in their faith in the battle field in professional settings or casual.
While interning at the MRC, I learned how to find logical fallacies in the news. It made me a sharper listener, observer and overall, grew my faith. While watching the news can be overwhelming, it is calming to know that humans will never know everything that is happening in the world.
God ultimately knows everything, despite the media trying to portray him with being omniscient. As Christians, we should not shy away from being engaged in the world while not conforming to the world.
Romans 12:2 states, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
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