Andrew Rudalevige makes
a point that President Obama's speech on Syria was criticized by the media with
scathing terms like "inept, incompetent, feckless", but still it has
not changed his poll numbers. Rudalevige examines the past history of the
U.S. when presidents were rarely criticized and notes that today, the President
is constantly put in a negative light. He states that people do not take
notice anymore. Rudalevige also notes the impact of polarization on both
parties. He notices that Democrats always approve of everything President Obama
does, while Republicans always disapprove. Rudalevige states “the public
has many cable channels to choose the news and opinions that they prefer".
Rudalevige is right that there is
numerous news channels on 24 hours a day and the conservative or liberal
leanings are obvious, but it does not matter to the public. Many people
watch the same news station and do not investigate on their own whether the
reporting is fair or biased, or even if the facts are true. Many people react
to the news instead of investigating or searching for the truth. It is
amazing how often the news media repeats a certain statement over and over, and
soon the general public believes it even if it is proven false later. It is
true that the news media is not afraid to criticized the President today, but
in President Obama's case when he said that he did not know about
"Benghazi terror threats, the IRS scandal against conservatives, the NSA
spying, Fast and Furious giving out guns, the problems with Obamacare web page
and his inept speech about Syria", he gets a pass, his poll numbers are
still high. It makes you wonder.
http://themonkeycage.org/2013/09/12/the-media-pounds-the-president-does-it-matter/
I agree that there is definitely a problem with the way America is using media. It has been clear for ages that nearly every source has its own bias, therefore, in order to understand the entirety of any news story, one must evaluate several sources before making their final opinion. Sadly, this is not happening today due to the number of people who automatically trust the liberal side of things. Because of this, Obama and the Democratic party are given immunity for all of their mistakes, and examples such as his speech on Syria and denial of previous knowledge regarding the problems with healthcare.gov prove this. With so many people blindly agreeing with Mr. Obama and his party, it has become far too easy to simply deny any fault. Which, ultimately, takes away much of the emphasis on fixing the problems at hand. While in this situation I have focused on the Democratic party, this problem would more than likely be relevant if Republicans held popularity as well, and its the people who are to blame for not educating themselves on political matters. After all, it is the politicians job to please their people, and if the people aren't skeptical of their actions... what will else could possibly keep their goals in line with the people?
ReplyDeleteYes, I completely agree that American media is very biased and has become a problem. However, I think we need to look back to the source and see where this is coming from. The Constitution allows "Freedom of Speech" which is why the media can get away with everything that they say. There's different types of media and it effects Americans differently. There's political media, "famous-people" media, and news media. Political media is your government media that reports on politicians and elections. News media is reporting on world news and national news. There's a huge problem with that. The people are getting a false sense of what is going on because they get to report on solely what they want to report on. Overall, this is a problem, and I wonder at what point is "enough enough" that something will change?
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