What are some instances where media directly affected politics?

Answer 1

Every single election because the media broadcasts the debates between the politicians that can afford it overshadowing the truly skilled ones that use their brains to get elected instead of their money.

Answer 2

Propaganda.

A perfect example is not what they print/show, it is what they do not show. Have you ever seen them talking with the troops in Iraq, letting the troops tell everyone what a good job they are doing and that they are winning the war? No, all you hear is how bad it is, how we are wrong, how we are losing. Ask the guys over there what they think, they will tell you a completely different story than the media.

Another is the economy, it is pretty much the best it has EVER BEEN, all of the numbers and indicators that evaluate the state of economy show it to be a fact yet you never hear anything about it in the news.

That is propaganda.

Answer 3

Look at the first election that was aired on tv. nixon and JFK in which image drastically changed everything!

It was one of the closest elections in American history.
The Republican insider was Richard Nixon of California, relatively young but experienced as the nation's vice-president for eight years under Dwight Eisenhower. The Democratic newcomer was John F. Kennedy, senator from Massachusetts, who at the age of 43 could become the youngest person ever to be elected president. Regardless of the outcome, the United States would for the first time a leader born in the 20th century.



The Presidential election of 1960 was the closest in American history. John F. Kennedy won the popular vote by a slim margin of approximately 100,000 votes.
In such a close contest, every event matters. Many analysts suggest that the decisive battle in the campaign was waged during the televised presidential debates. Kennedy arrived for the debates well-tanned and well-rested from Florida, while Nixon was recovering from a knee injury he suffered in a tiresome whistle-stop campaign. The Democrat was extremely telegenic and comfortable before the camera. The Republican was nervous, sweated profusely under the hot lights, and could not seem to find a makeup artist that could hide his five o'clock shadow.

Radio listeners of the first debate narrowly awarded Nixon a victory, while the larger television audience believed Kennedy won by a wide margin. When the votes were tallied in November, Kennedy earned 49.7% of the popular vote to Nixon's 49.5%. Kennedy polled only about 100,000 more votes than Nixon out of over 68 million votes cast. The electoral college awarded the election to Kennedy by a 303-219 margin, despite Nixon winning more states than Kennedy.



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Amateur historians like myself mark the beginning of the “television age” with the landmark 1960 presidential debate between the handsome, cool and charismatic John F. Kennedy and the sweaty, swarthy and five o’clock-shadowed Richard Nixon. Of course you’ve heard that Americans listening to the exchange on the radio narrowly picked Nixon as the victor whereas those watching it on the new-fangled picture-box favored Kennedy by a wide margin. Unfortunately for Nixon in that oh-so-close election year, an estimated 70 million viewers tuned in to watch instead of listen.


here is a pic of the event:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Jfknixon.jpg

Answer 4

The work of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in the Watergate scandal which got Richard Nixon out of the Whitehouse (for actions not even comparable to the laws being broken now in the White House). And I think we'll see Woodward's latest book will have an impact on the upcoming election. As a former journalist, I believe every true expose printed helps change the status quo.

Answer 5

It affects it every day. More so now than ever before because we no longer have a strong corps of investigative journalists. All we have now are reporters. The Spinners spin and the Reporters report the Spin.

Turn off your tv.

Answer 6

For some reason those in the Media, think they are above the law.. My question to them is who died and left them in charge
of trying to force their Left wing views on the people of our Nation.
They are not even honest enough to admit they are Liberals.
The Kennedy ,Nixon debates affected the outcome, best example. to date.

Answer 7

Wag the dogs has to do with politics and media, yet would not have something to do with the enviroment. standard colorations with John Travolta is a pair of presidential candidate and he discusses enviromental subject concerns in the marketing campaign.

Answer 8

The Howard Dean scream getting replayed over and over again.

The CNN question of Mike Dukakis in the 1988 debate about what he'd do if his wife were raped. That question helped sink Dukakis.

Watergate leak to Woodward and Bernstein.

Answer 9

When they called Bush the winner of Florida in 2000, Before the polls closed

Answer 10

Watergate scandal. It cost Nixon's head and was revealed by the Washington Post.