MEDIA AND POLITICS

             'Good new is boring'. This one statement represents the views of most media companies concerning elections. There fore most voters rely on the media to tell them facts on the candidates. Media primarily controls the opinions of most voters. The media's job is to inform, however during election time the media is used as a medium for lies and slander. This is evident in the Fahrenheit 9/11 movie and reports on President Bush's National Guard duty versus John Kerry's swift boat scandal. When the scandal and gossip starts to overshadow the facts then the media needs to be censored.
             Often newspapers and television station's feelings are expressed in the articles or the broadcast. Unfortunately the most common feeling about the government has been negative. The media decides what they think is important to the public and there for can shape views. Given the fact that time is money, political strategy, scandal, fighting, and the private lives of the politicians are in the headlines and feature stories. The issues are not a factor anymore it what the Bush or Kerry had last night for dinner.
             In the Fahrenheit 9/11 movie it showed the all the reasons that the director Michael Moore thought bush should not be reelected. Because the movie showcased the indecisiveness of the President and showed itself to be a controversial movie it was given more air time than needed, Thus exposing it to more people. The main focus of the movie was the fact that President Bush didn't react as fast as he should have or people perceived that he should have. No one could possibly know how to react to someone telling them that something flew into the twin towers. As the president he can't afford to make rash decision that could put the safety of the United States in jeopardy. He has to talk to his staff. After watching this movie my first reaction was a very negative one, the exact reaction that Michael Moore was look...

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