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The Eyes of Control
The effects of the media on today’s political environment
Joseph Schell
DRAFT ONE


The world today revolves around the eyes that peer into the living rooms of our homes. It observes through the eyes of our friends, our neighbors, through the eyes of many men and machines alike. It revolves around the mediums that tell us what is, what is not, and what should be. This world we live in is controlled by a supreme organization of people, the massive contingency of minds we have come to accept as the acolytes general truth.
This entity is the modern media.
Television, radio, the internet, billboards, magazines, newspapers, albums, bumper stickers, the media has a grip on everything we touch. In a world without the media, we would have a rather bland existence ahead of us each day. No music, no movies or television, no computers with LCD and CRT displays, no t-shirts with colorful slogans across the back, a complete lack of all things entertaining.

So, obviously, the place we call home is filled with the constant screaming of media. It effects everyone, and we see the effects all the time. You buy something on kiosk A instead of kiosk B because A looks much more appealing. You see one movie instead of its alternative after a particularly interesting trailer sparks your interest. It touches every person exposed to it.
Everyone.
Even the pizza guy.
Even the reporter on TV.
And the… president?
Absolutely. In fact, the guy who runs the entire nation is controlled by that same nation. Scary, eh.

In the following pages, you will learn about the media’s effect on the public opinion of the presidency, elections, its effect on the white house staff, and on the president himself. We will look into the events surrounding Watergate, the Clinton Administration, and the current Bush Administration.
Like the media in point, the facts are sobering, and the truth can sometimes seem more unlikely than the fiction surrounding it.