The media has a way of manipulating its viewers to think about what they are trying to present. They present certain issues and Isolate them in way to where the story is perceived in a completely different manner. The war in Iraq is a good example. We have been there since 2002 and have made little progress. What is really about? Are the soldiers out there for a good reason? What is the true reasoning behind all this madness that our tax dollars are being contributed to. The war in Iraq has partly to do with numbers. Mission, what mission? The soldiers don't know what they are really being sent out there for. They just know that they need a certain percentage to deploy so there numbers are good. Remember its all about the numbers, not the mission. Yet, the soldiers are sent to the danger zone to sit there and not know what the mission is. It is just bunch of people walking around like chickens with there head cut off. The media does not show that even the commander that is in charge of that unit does not know the true reasoning in being out there, but yet that leader has 200 lives following him/her with the same confusion.
What is the point in sending someone in an area to endanger there lives and not know what the reasoning of being there. The government does not present that half the soldiers out there just sleep in tents all day or are playing on the Internet for the majority of the day to kill time. Maybe gas prices would not be so high, if we were not at war. Since we are going to keep increasing the countries deficit, how about it be for a good reason like building better refineries, so we can benefit from it. The government is so quick to help other countries out of its own range. But, it is not an issue to raise the countries deficit, in order to help others. How about the government try to reach in its own range, and just maybe the country might have a little organization. The government hesitated to make a move in order to help those in need of Katrina, but did not hesitate to send soldiers to Iraq. Yet, we still have issues unresolved with Katrina and the war in Iraq. All the country needs is to build more and more problems so they can remain unresolved. Does the media present the hidden issues or does it frame it in a manner that the government truly wants it presented.
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I agree with this author that the media has a way of manipulating its viewers to think about what they are trying to present. The war in Iraq is one of the many issues that are skewed from reality. What was the war about? Was it about oil or keeping the world terrorist-free? The average American probably doesn’t even know what the war six years ago is really about. What progress has it made since 2002? It has made “very little” growth. Where has all of our tax dollars gone to? It probably went into the smokes. Without any hesitant, we keep sending and drafting soldiers to Iraq for an unclear purpose. If it is only for a percentage to deploy so their numbers are good then it is not worth the lives we’ve lost in the number of years. Once in a while, the media shows the soldiers holding guns shooting at their opponent but for what? The answer still remains vague. They zoom in the US soldier’s closeness to death in the violent zone of war but yet what are the reasons for it? The media never present to us the true meaning of this war or the true reasoning for it. They don’t answer to the confusion why the soldier’s are in Iraq instead they ignore it so the war can be perceived differently.
The government borrowed so much money to give way into this war. I agree since the government’s deficit is outrageously increasing why not use that money for our benefit for once in a long time like building better refineries so that gas prices won’t go sky high. The government needs to look back to its own range for a little organizing and stop mindlessly going out their way to help other countries. We’ve loss numerous lives from hurricane Katrina because the government did not make a huge effort in the beginning to prevent it from happening yet; they sent soldiers to Iraq in a blink of an eye. Katrina and Iraq remain unsolved. Rumors start saying that our country is led by brainless pigs maybe from what we’ve seen lately ; it is possible true. It is no doubt that all that government needs to do is to create more issues so they can remain hazy and unresolved. The media presents reality in a manner just how the government wants it to be presented to the mass public.
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