The media is playing a big role on who get elected and who does not get elected . Also the media in general is playing a big role in a pro wars propaganda . What is your take on this one ?.

i don't think i am going to win

i think most people are still inteligent enough to make thier own decisions

"if its on TV, then it has to be true...."
..Homer Simpson

you so get my vote

always has, always will

The media has a lot of influence since they are the ones that put out the information for the public. I agree that people are smart and can think for themselves but not everyone goes looking for more informaiton than what the media presents. The media changed the face of America during the Johnson administration and hasn't stopped since. Would we think that gas prices are high if the media didn't keep reminding us of that fact. How many people have stopped buying cars or houses because the media has stated that we are going into or are already in a recession. The media has powers that we have given them beyond what they are suppose to report on. Sorry if I offended anyone with the post but I've been thinking a lot about this lately.

Are you kidding me,,,,,, The people in this country have been screwed for so long they don't even know it!!!!!!!

And when you call "BULL****" your a terrorist,,,,

RUPERT MURDOCH pretty much owns the world media...



(I took all of the following directly from RIGHT WEB...no need to reinvent the wheel ....

"Right Web is a program of Political Research Associates (PRA) that monitors U.S. organizations and individuals -- both in and out of government �that promote militarist foreign and defense policies, with a special focus on the �war on terror� and the Middle East. Right Web aims to foster informed public debate about these policies with feature articles and profiles of individuals and organizations that examine political discourses and institutional allegiances over time

Efforts to push militaristic policies cross party lines, and so Right Web examines individuals and organizations across the political spectrum, as well as �nonpartisan� political actors. Reporters, researchers, and analysts have come to rely on Right Web for its well-documented research and analysis.

Originally founded by the International Relations Center (IRC) in 2003, Right Web represented a revival of an earlier IRC program called GroupWatch (1985-1991), which profiled more than 125 private, quasi-governmental, and religious organizations that were closely associated with the implementation of U.S. foreign policy in the 1980s, especially in Central America. PRA took over Right Web in 2008 after IRC closed its doors.")


"last updated: March 21, 2007"


"Rupert Murdoch, head of the world's largest media empire, has used his influential position to push an ideological agenda closely associated with U.S. neoconservatives. During the lead up to the U.S. invasion of and war in Iraq, the editors of Murdoch's 175 media holdings vociferously supported President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair's pro-war campaign. One British newspaper opined: "You have got to admit that Rupert Murdoch is one canny press tycoon because he has an unerring ability to choose editors across the world who think just like him. How else can we explain the extraordinary unity of thought in his newspaper empire about the need to make war on Iraq? After an exhaustive survey of the highest-selling and most influential papers across the world owned by Murdoch's News Corporation, it is clear that all are singing from the same hymn sheet. Some are bellicose baritone soloists who relish the fight. Some prefer a less strident, if more subtle, role in the chorus. But none, whether fortissimo or pianissimo, has dared to croon the anti-war tune. Their master's voice has never been questioned" (Guardian, February 17, 2003).

If Murdoch's outlets have been safe haven for administration antics, companies and corporations may be looking forward to the same treatment: "Rupert Murdoch announced that his latest venture, the Fox Business Channel, would be 'more business-friendly than CNBC'" (New York Times, February 17, 2007).

Murdoch's News Corp has holdings in film, television, cable, newspapers, books, magazines, and more. Properties include the New York Post, the National Geographic Channel, HarperCollins Books, and 20th Century Fox. In 2006, Murdoch acquired MySpace, the popular social networking website, as part of Fox Interactive Media. (For more, see NewsCorp.com.)

Two News Corp holdings in particular have provided neoconservatives an influential platform: Fox News and the Weekly Standard. Murdoch's personal involvement has helped to ensure that almost all of his news organizations "have hewn very closely to Mr. Murdoch's own stridently hawkish political views, making his voice among the loudest in the Anglophone world in the international debate over the American-led war with Iraq," as one commentator put it (New York Times, April 7, 2003).

Gene Kimmelman of the Consumers Union told the New York Times: "[Murdoch] has extended the most blatant editorializing in the entire world through his media properties, and that is exactly the example of what we need to worry about when any one entrepreneur owns and controls too many media outlets" (April 7, 2003).

Fox News, which eclipsed CNN in 2002 as the top-rated cable news network in the United States, has frequently been singled out for criticism because of its blatantly one-sided coverage of the war in Iraq and for printing unsubstantiated stories about the conflict. When CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour blamed Fox for creating "a climate of fear and self-censorship" regarding coverage of Iraq, a Fox spokeswoman shot back, "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaida" (USA Today, September 14, 2003).

Said Murdoch of the war, "The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country" (Guardian, February 11, 2003).

The comic writer Al Franken once wrote of Murdoch: "There's one important thing you should know about Murdoch. He's evil. I defer to the ... Columbia Journalism Review: 'Murdoch uses his diverse holdings ... to promote his own financial interests at the expense of real news gathering, legal and regulatory rules, and journalistic ethics. He wields his media as instruments of influence with politicians who can aid him, and savages his competitors in his news columns. If ever someone demonstrated the dangers of mass power being concentrated in few hands, it would be Murdoch.'" "

Sources

"Their Master's Voice," Guardian, February 17, 2003.

David D. Kirkpatrick, "Mr. Murdoch's War," New York Times, April 7, 2003.

Alessandra Stanley, "It's Reported, They Mock, You Decide," New York Times, April 7, 2003.

News Corporation Operations, NewsCorp.com.

"Amanpour: CNN Practiced Self-Censorship," USA Today, September 14, 2003.

"Murdoch Backs 'Courageous' Blair Over Iraq," Guardian, February 11, 2003.

Al Franken, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) (New York: Dutton, 2003).

You remind me of someone...oh yeah, me!

Oh yeah, I would beg to say it doesn't even matter who we vote for, they'll put in whom they want anyway. The whole voting thing is just to make us think we have a voice when we don't in reality.

You'd be surprised, the media can and does control a good part of the populace in ways.

Definitely, we've become like lambs being led to the slaughter.

The people should always stand against all corrupt politicians and all dishonest media icons . The truth should be visible to the public in any democratic society .