The reality of violence and violent crimes committed by mentally ill people is being unfairly depicted in the media, and now medical dramas are emhasizing this. ... In a study carried out by the New England Journal of Medicine in May 1997, cardiac patients were shown to have a disproportionately high survival rate-67% of cardiac patients in ER survive as opposed to 6.5-15% in reality. The chance of successful defibrillation also been shown to be greater in all television medical dramas on several occasions. To conclude with, subconsciously we are all affected by the issues raised in these ...

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The public relations industry helps people put information together the way news reporters and themselves would like it to be. Individuals or corporations hire PR representatives to help them make a speech that will sound well and wont be misinterpreted. The PR is very good at staging events and hav...

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