Is the media influenced by government?  (USA)  read the rest before answering..?
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Well Regulatory agencies such as those that give licenses to radio and TV stations. They will and can have arrested code violators. Also you can find out on line, which heads of state are also members of boards of corporations that are media related. Sometimes the paths are hard to find, but that is an obvious conflict of interest. \nThere was a special on Link TV that gave plenty of cases and I apologize I forgot its name, mabye you could ask them or Democracy now!. The correlation is in the #2 big business question as they and our government become one.
245367
I believe that the media can both reflect society AND influence society. Most media is purposely for influencing society to buy products. But I also view some media as a fantasy of some people in our society rather than truly representing/reflecting society. Well, I hope that I gave you a bit to think about now. I hope it helps.
1095485
If you are speaking of having the government interfere with what we as parents and responsible adults do to teach our children, then no. With regards to the FCC, and what is transmitted over the airwaves and is available for public display, yes. However, the government should also set absolute specifics for such media outlets. \n\nBut when it comes to moral standards, parents, should simply get off their lazy asses, and teach their children right from wrong, talk with them and keep an open line of communication.
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OMG NO!!!! Mainstream media, be they normally associated as left or right, are a bunch of non informed idiots. \n\nLiars! They are ALL liars! :) They spin it just like the next politician. \n\nPeople please, do not rely on one news source. There are three sides to every story; you side, my side and the truth. \n\nthe moral is, read as much as you can about any given situation from different sources, and draw your own conclusion.\n\n**Believe 1% of what your mother tells you and nothing anyone else tells you.
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Terrorist crashed the plane and US peace activists blame the US government. I really don't think the blame will ever change due to fact that the media will focusing on the negative side of every issue. Whens the last time you heard a news agency maintain a report on what the men in women of the US forces think. It's sad that American news would rather focus on the belly archer's than on the ones dying in the fields to defend the freedom of speech that is being slandered. Enough said!
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Have a look at this it's more than just interesting.\nIt tells you the story where we are heading in our free Press\n\nhttp://www.free-radio.de/epic/ols-master.html
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I am very influenced by social culture.  Much of my social culture comes from TV.  I turn my tv on and watch 'The Daily Show', and respectable government employees are mocked, poked, and laughed at.  TV makes a quick joke on the politician easy.  \n\nThen when I go for serious news, say I turn on Nightline...I watch a dignified and respectable person like Ted Kopple persecute Michale Brown (Former FEMA leader) over a natural disaster.  So, I've learned that it's ok to disrespect people in formal positions <you're request is for government, but I also see this growing into the corporate world>.\n\nI have recently started writing to my government officials to change the world < www.congress.gov >.  I was about to send my first e-mail and was giving my final check for spelling.  Then I noticed that I was writing with the same style I write with here on Y! Answers...Then, I remembered that Government officials have earned their place, despite any preseption I've acquired from TV.  I also remember that in school, I was taught how to properly write a letter to my government official.  So, I pulled out a book and did it properly.  I got a dignified response from my Senator via e-mail, followed by a letter in the mail.\n\nWhen we stop accepting the one minute joke and quick fix taught to us by TV is when we can get to a functioning government where Republicans and Democrats can get real stuff for our country done.
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Bungiebabe,  all news is biased . Here in the US you have  the Bush folks and the liberals, oversees most countries give the news their spin. At the end of the day you end up making the decision of what the truth is. And that decision is based on all of your experiences. I could make this even more elaborate but I think that ought to get you thinking. Believe what you belive
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if you can, go through 3rd party sources, i.e. the BBC or something like that. There aren't too many places in this country that are objective anymore, so there is likely to be a bias to most of what you find concerning them. Good luck, and don't believe anyone's spin, learn everything for yourself. Never trust a politition.
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the newspaper may be privately owned, but you cannot exactly say that it is not government influenced....especially by the United states government.\n\nWe had some elections there.......seems to me kind of like a bad horror movie where they prop up the corpses at the dinner table and put the food in front of them, but it just doesn't seem quite natural for some strange reason, they just sit there and stare at you. One from column a and one from column b.......And now we have a government run by religious intollerants, kind of like the one in Iran....and some would say like the one we have now in power in the united states.  And thus, shiite death squads with badges roam the streets at night AND COMMIT ETHNIC CLEANSING UNDER THE GUISE OF IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND POLICEMEN. Back and forth with the bombing and the hanging and the shooting. It is almost like a civil war, but our president tells us that it isn't a civil war, so I simply must believe him, since he has always been so honest with all of his adoring public.
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I'd like to know who the Liberal Media are today.  Is it someone like Judith Miller with a direct line to the White House? Or maybe it's the Fox News Channel on cable. Or Tucker Carlson and Chris Matthews on MSNBC.\n\nThe Liberal Media is a myth these days.  If it weren't for the New York Times, who have employed for many years persons of all political bent, including notable Conservative William Safire, and the above mentioned mouthpiece for the sitting President, we wouldn't ever know anything that the Executive Branch didn't want us to know.\n\nAdmittedly, much of the media we experience with national exposure are no longer impartial reporters of the news, and a survey of them would almost certainly favor the Conservative viewpoint. \n\nYou see where that's gotten us.  Most of what we have belatedly learned about the run up to the war has been from leaks from persons with a lot to lose, not from investigative reporting.\n\nAttila the Hun could own the different forms of media as far as I'm concerned, so long as the reporters and their managers were not constrained by the owner. \n\nHowever, that does not appear to be the case with owner Rupert Murdock, a foreigner, whose media holding seem only to present a Conservative viewpoint, with an occasional Liberal lamb decoy. I am very uneasy with this.
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most people's opinions are formed by the media. what the media chooses to cover, what stereotypes they choose to feed into, what issues they decide get the ratings, etc. so our people are free to choose, but is it really freedom if they are only presented with selective information? most people do not take the time to look up facts, background, stats, etc. they trust that what they read, see, hear is the truth.  if you are interested in this subject, you should check out Bowling for Columbine, it's a documentary about the Columbine shootings, but it also has a very interesting part about U.S. media vs. Canadian media.  Of course, that's media, too.  :)
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It is media in America's nature to be liberal and slightly anti government because we have free press, if we had a state sponsored press similar to China or Saudi Arabia like some folks would prefer, than we would have a cheerleader press that never criticised the government, and always stood by their side, but people seem to forget, that is un American.
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Probably more than that, and extremely! Never listen to the media or anyone else ( apart from here!!). Everything in the whole world is twisted out of proportion. For example: the charities - ok...who does not get paid? Hmm...lots of scenarios to consider before you jump in...take a long hard look at life.  Qoute: "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP".
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You're right.  That's why some governments impose it.  They don't want their citizens to be aware of certain information that could lead to revolution against the gov't.
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I think that the current government of my country is absolutely great!  The largest problem is the media.  Since free speech is allowed, the news media slants the news to try to influence others to the media's viewpoint.  However, if we want to preserve our right to free speech, we must all accept the media and their unethical tactics.
868211
Unfortunately, in the United States, many people are "that dumb" and are easily influenced (manipulated would be a better word) by the rhetoric of the right-wing media.  God help America, indeed!