On this page we shall give examples on poor media influences on the political view of America, as well as the restrictions put on them.

"How exactly did Jack Murtha become a symbol of sleazy behavior?

Nancy Pelosi pushes the guy for majority leader and suddenly--boom!--he's on the front page of The Washington Post as being ethically challenged. The New York Times mentions it as well.

And I'm wondering why, if this is a valid news story--the peg is some watchdog groups criticizing the Pennsylvania congressman on the eve of the House leadership vote--I didn't get to read about it earlier. Instead, the stories were written in an "everyone knows this" tone.

I know, because I've been around for awhile, that Murtha was caught up in Abscam, but that was 26 years ago, and besides, he was never charged. (Though it was kind of creepy to see the grainy videotape again on "NBC Nightly News," with Murtha saying to a bribe offer: "I'm not interested--at this point. We do business for awhile, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't.")

When the former Marine declared that U.S. troops should be pulled out of Iraq and redeployed in the region, he garnered all kinds of coverage, but it was mostly about his then-controversial stance, not his ethics."

An event wouldn’t be an event without the media. For example, in the
2004 election John Kerry went door-to-door with a TV crew talking to average
people. The few people he was able to talk to was obviously not going to
help him win the election, but the campaign was put out and he was able to
make an image for himself through the TV which won him many more voters. All
because of the media's publicity. The same applies to events such as movies,
or any community activity. What makes only some of these more known than
others? It’s purely the media.
      The media is such a known and useful tool that nearly 60% of the
presidential campaign spending goes toward television ads.
        The media plays such an important role in a wide range of events
going from the presidential campaigns to coca-cola adds because the media is
a huge part in the average American life. It's everyone's go-to for
information on anything, whether it’s TV, radio, Internet or cell phone.
Information is so easily spread because of the mass media today.

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