The main way they have an effect on public policy, they supply evidence to the legislators/ the political parties. 2. How do you think the media influences the decisions of citizens and government officials? - I think the media influences affect is by the agenda setting for them. Meaning that this connects to the quantity and the kind of news coverage on the main topic of issues being presented.
The endorsement groups offer bribes and ask for unnecessary promises to the politicians running for office. The temptation of falling into these traps is monstrous. According to Obama, these politicians feel that if they do not accept these bribes or arguments then they will lose out on endorsement deals as well as votes. Taking endorsements are not bad in anyway. However, a company endorses a certain individual for reasons such as political similarities or to help promote their product.
The obvious downside to the medias role in our political endeavors, is the continuos bias that it portrays, the high cost to run any sort of political or public directive, and that they simply operate under the initiative of profit. The amount of money required to reach citizens with political messages has spiraled upward and now dominates political campaigns. Television formats favor short, emotional appeals over reasoned, thoughtful debate. Typical claims of liberal or conservative bias are most often in the eyes of the beholder, however the levels of managed news, spin and journalistic punditry feed these perceptions of bias in the news. As a result, the deeper biases reflected in sensationalism often leave citizens confused about issues which forces them to deconstruct this alternately managed and frenzied news in order to make sound judgements about their society and government.
Should presidential candidates stick to positive campaigning and discuss issues or engage in negative campaigning and smear each other? The political world now and days has become very corrupted. Instead of trying to highlight where each presidential candidate stands on issues that are happening now, people are focusing on things in the past. I believe no one is perfect and candidates are no different than regular people. The political world needs to put emphasis on the issues that not only the United States is facing but that the whole world is facing as well.
Erica R. Why we need a Third Party Political Science 102 Tuesday/Thursday American politics is traditionally conquered by the relentless quarrel between Republicans and Democrats, and lately it is being distinguished by the failure of both parties to get things done. Many citizens are having trouble relating to either party. I feel that people want to be properly represented by someone who has their same ideals for the county. Many citizens will support a third party candidate or they won't vote. This is why I believe we need a third political party; a party that will actually have a chance to make it into office; not a green party or libertarian party but an American Party.
The article has a left leaning feel to it because of the negative implications about the Republican Party falling apart as a whole. The article was placed as one of front stories in the politics section of the New York Times which also shows a left leaning biased in the organization of the paper. The article ends with an explanation of the Republican Governor John Kasich’s opinion on why increased Medicaid spending is a good thing and that the Affordable Care Act will do more good than it would do harm. The closing remarks of this article brings the idea that the Republican Party is
Assignment One In Miles Benson article, Political consultants tailor candidates’ message to what the voters want to hear, he has several opinions and views on how political consultants, opinion polls and negative advertising affect how politicians want us to feel, react and ultimately vote. It seems that research has discovered that if a politician talks in platitudes he has a better chance of getting himself or herself elected. Being specific seems to detrimental because too many questions are asked. Bill Hillsman, a media expert said that, “obviously, a candidate seeking votes is going to emphasize shared concerns and issues that are popular. But all too often political leadership simply means finding out what the people want and telling them you’ll give it to them” (Benson A3).
The articles analyzes the recent loss of credibility within the news industry. Samuelson argues that readers choose their media outlets on the basis of partisanship. Which means Conservatives choose media outlets such as Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh. While Liberals are bound to listen to National Public Radio because it’s become known as their news outlet. Samuelson defends his claims with figures from the Pew Research Center, making them claims of fact.
In other words, elections are usually dependent on what the people see and not what they hear. For instance, in Source C, it states, “Our national politics has become a competition for images or between images, rather than between ideals.” This quote explains that politics is more based on a candidate’s image rather then what they support. Pursuing this further, Theodore H. White in Source C says, “Nixon’s---light-colored suit, wrong makeup, bad posture--- was ‘fuzzed’.” This is a direct example of how an election can depend on a person’s characteristics. Nixon, having a bad representation of him-self, caused people to favor him less whether or not he had strong ideals that they agree with. To sum up, television causes people to approve the candidate’s that give more pleasure to the eye than those that give better
In the United States, surveys has been the something we could rely on to predict and determine political polls. The media has the power to provide us information about what is happening throughout the election process of who is running, winning, or other important details. Most of the citizens and government officials in our state, stated that the United States does not pay much of attention about polling. Sometimes, the political polls do not accurately represent the views on population either. However, I do believe that polls are inaccurate because of certain reasons and supports that has been talked about by specific people who knows a lot about polling.