The Media & Politics



Political cartoon on Cold War

  Although the media does affect celebrities and their lives, it also plays a big part of politicians and politics. Like we’ve learned in our history textbooks, every President of the U.S. has tried to lead its country to wealth, power, and success. As human beings we all make mistakes, however, the media has often times exaggerated these. This has made us feel insecure, unrest, and discontent with our government. We have to realize that not everything we watch or listen to is real. The media has never been 100% accurate; either it distorts the government or hides any “shady deals” going on in the government from the public. An example of this is the Cold War. During the 50’s and 60’s the media and newspapers exaggerated the events going on between the U.S. and Soviet Union. This only grew greater tensions between the two and was one of the factors why they couldn’t solve their differences. However, many of the international affairs the U.S. was involved in we’re barely mentioned for fear of the discontent of the government. How are we supposed to trust and rely on the media when it’s inaccurate and lies to us? This is still seen today, we think the media is telling the 100% truth but we never know if what we’re hearing or watching is true. We don’t know if the media is hiding something from us but until the media proves to be veridical we can’t completely trust it.http://www.politics-media.blogspot.com/