How government is watching and beneficial to us

Introduction

Is our government today really watching us, do they really care for our, are they a real beneficiary to us. In today's society the media is a big factor in how we look at candidates and their viewpoints. We saw this in the recent 2000 presidential election that making a good impact on the media will make or break an election. The media today shapes and molds our ideas and beliefs about the government. (Gregory p.95)

From the time when television was invented the journalism industry has gone astray in their position as the authority of political information. In the beginning of televised politics the press set out to have an excellent connection with the government, but it didn't really turn out that way. Television has exerted a deep pressure on American politics and how we see America's government progress from the time when it started entering homes in the late 1940's. (Kenoyer p.46)

Discussion

The United States government has been one of the most supreme authorities ever to live in the world. For years, there has not been a government that can contrast to the US government. However, that does not signify that the US government is a flawless one. In detail, numerous of the government's methods are being argued today. (Charles p.39) The government has numerous surveillance tactics. One of the methods that the government values are the Big Brother tactic. They use this in the library. The government monitors everything that persons manage in the library; from internet usage, to the publications that are read. This is one of the large-scale violations of privacy that the government has been conceded to exploit. The large-scale contradictory about this is that they may leap to deductions too quickly. By 1952 Americans were able to have a look at the convention halls to see Eisenhower and Stevenson put on the ballots. This election was also the first where Eisenhower hired a well-known ad agency to produce commercials for him. In 1960 the media world took the elections for another turn with the first televised political dispute among the candidates. The election of 1964 was when American viewers saw how tense politics can become. The hint of attacking the others candidate's personality and thoughts come into play. Throughout the Vietnam War and the Watergate disgrace in 1969, there was a damaging feeling in the pressrooms, and there was also too much of the “we versus they” and the “press-as-the-enemy” attitudes where taking over mood in the government. (Bernard p.13)

Compounding with the incline of television popularity, public outlook surveys were making a public executives and politicians not as apt to make use of the authority the people trust in them They recognize that their trade, nomination, was not about making friends but to avoid making foes. If the census demonstrated they were going to get in a jam by being decisive, they would fine-tune their plans.

Reporters who cover politics are somewhat like politicians. They want to increase their grasp ...