Extremely insightful video on how the media shapes public opinion. The media has complete power over society; it can help shape or modify what we know about the issue. They have power in most political reports. They choose what questions to ask so they can report information that leans to their specific biased opinion.
This video also touches on how we have become a poll-saturated nation. We look to polls to define how America feels on a certain topic. When, in fact, we don't realize that each poll has a different demographic in many forms. Just because 39% of women agreed with Obama's view on abortion doesn't mean that the majority of women in America do not agree with him. That's just a certain number of women, in a particular area, with different reasons for their outlook. Be cautious with polls. Many news sources tend to mislead viewers with the information of a poll, which, in turn, gives the wrong impression of certain information.
The media manipulates every source of information given. Do you or do you not agree?
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