There is probably no greater influence on society than the television. It has become arguably the greatest invention of the past century. With it, we have witnessed countless historical events: Inaugurations of presidents; man’s first steps on the moon; the assignation of John F. Kennedy; even disasters as they happen. Americans watch TV in the morning to receive the daily news. They eat watching it. They watch it before they go to bed. But as television has saturated our lives, has it always resulted toward our betterment or has it possibly led to the deprivation of American society?In our nation today, most of the American citizen cast their vote on what they see on the news. It is safe to say that the media primarily controls people’s opinions on political issues. Unfortunately the worlds most developed nations don't have time to carefully pick their leaders in any level. While vast opportunity of research is available to the American citizen to carefully pick their candidates; they choose to go along with what the media is telling them to do. It is the media that controls the nation, it is the media that selects the agenda, and it is the media that selects the officers in our government. The media is able to influence our opinions by slanting their words. When it comes to keeping up with news, I usually tune to several different sources such as PBS and ABC. I choose to watch PBS and ABC because these sources generally gives the cold facts first, then allow journalist to give their opinion on certain issues. This is helpful because when the viewer knows the facts, they can relate their opinions to the opinions of the journalist. There are times when the media gets carried away with information; they allow their opinion to drive the fact, instead of the facts driving the opinion. This happens too often, and is many times done on purpose by slanting. This example was experienced in the case between Pre...
