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/^t/The statement that mass media effect our approach to reality is very true and indisputable. Television, newspapers and radio have become irreplaceable and powerful mediums in giving information, teaching and amusing. Can anyone imagine our world without an access to them? I doubt. But since they are so important, dominant and even omnipresent, several questions may appear: Are they reliable? How do they show the outside world and problems of humanity of the end of the XXth century? Can we trust them? Answers to the questions seem to be rather complicated and not so explicit as we are so influenced by these sources of information with their leading force - TV. Sometimes this strong influence does not allow us to state if the world we perceive is a real world.