War stories can be a thousand times more gruesome and impressionable coming from a withered, old war veteran. ... The difference is that the war story was true and most of what's in the theatres is fiction. ... I don't believe this is true. ... War is a huge influence. The realities of war are a bigger issue than how movies may or may not affect our poor citizens. ...
I will explain his true motive for arguing, and what the media missed about his argument. ... There are multiple media platforms for vast amounts of news to be attained, so how can one really be sure you are getting the real news of the story? ... You as the viewer have no power over what is told, so how can you come to trust that news to call it true? ... It is misleading and shadows the real story of an honest challenge from one American citizen to a News media show about politics on how to really fulfill their journalistic responsibilities based of the assumption of what kind of news the s...
Frightening Stories as Entertainment Throughout many years, frightening stories were told and passed down in order to keep people entertained and amused. ... Now, in the present, these stories and myths are being presented on television to entertain the audience. ... People always found it a thrill to tell these tales and to be frightened by them. ... Adults however, may view things such as rape, brutal murders and news stories to be disturbing. ... In young children this may hold true, little boys may not be as scared as little girls as things such as scary movies or monsters. ...
When it comes to the war on drugs, it seems that the electronic media takes a pretty solid negative stance against drugs, especially Schedule I and II drugs. ... It is up to each individual media arm to decide how they want to depict the story. ... This is a very effective weapon in the war on drugs. Most people believe anything they see on television because that is how the new generation has been raised, that everything you see on television and in the newspaper and on the Internet is true, unless you dig a little deeper and do some research on your own to gather your own thoughts on a su...
The story unfolds in the aftermath of the Gulf War; burnout Special Forces Major Archie Gates (George Clooney) figures out from a reporter that the Iraqis have stashed Kuwaiti gold in a nearby village, and that there is a map showing the location of the village. ... The Gulf War setting makes this film perfect for examining America's view of Middle-Easterners. ... This however is not true. ... "I'm a B-school graduate from Bowling Green," he tells them. ... The media in the United States has always had a roundabout way of recycling the same tired stories. ...
It is true that most of the ways people are influenced by television are negative ways, but not all are bad. ... In the paragraphs to come we shall explain how television affects society in certain specific aspects such as violence and politics. ... Car ads tell people which cars are of the highest status. ... If it tells them the toy is fun they will think it is fun. ... Online reporter Matt Drudge and his Drudge Report exposed the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal before Newsweek broke the story. ...
