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Media and Politics

September 11, 2001. After the bombings of the Twin Towers in New York, the media had a field day. There was not one single television show, newspaper, or magazine that did not discuss in depth this huge national catastrophe. Our President, George Bush had approval ratings in the ninetieth percentile for a job well done in handling this tragedy and demonstrating a strong sense of nationalism and patriotism. He catered toward the wants of the American citizens and the media exploded. Eventually, after redundant repetition of the catastrophic events of September eleventh, the public began to tune out and become somewhat tiresome. On top of that the war in Iraq has brought Bush's approval ratings down to a mere thirty six percent.
Politics, corporations, media, and the public are in a constant cycle. The large corporations at the top, possess a great deal of power. They have strong influence over politics and the media because of economic reasons--money......

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