Government

When I read the New York Times article about the military analysts who were coerced to give “favorable” news coverage on the war, I was really disappointed in our government.   My dad, an avid news watcher, was equally upset, because he trusted these so-called analysts much more than he did any other news anchor or journalist.

I think it’s ridiculous that our government has such a dominant hand in our country’s news propaganda, especially since it seems as though it is also false information that is fed to the people.

I also think it’s wrong to admit these faults of both the news and the government, because it makes people less satisfied and untrustworthy of all news from here-on-out. Even though it is better as a citizen to know if our government is not being truthful, it makes me think that our whole country is just living a huge government scam.

Personally, I have always kind of felt this way, that we are being watched and fed certain information from the government to keep everyone in check, and the society moving forward.  However, this sense (not a paranoia) I only get because I have a few family members who have high government jobs, and they frequently tell me that the average American citizen would not want to know, or could not handle, the type of information that is actually available to them. 

In a way, I think it is good that our government is trying to protect the people from being overwhelmed by world conflicts and government secrets, but then again, what is the point of feeding us fake information if it is just going to be uncovered anyway?