Media and Government

As long as there is a government, there will be media there to keep track of it. Of course some governments censor more than others. For people in the US, the media can be both helpful and harmful. Helpful because it now doubt informs us of what is going on in the world, but harmful because it has the ability to spin that information how it wants, so we may not always be getting the "whole" story.

The media can also act as something to keep the government in check, especially in the US. Because a democracy relies on public opinion (mostly), the government must be considerate of the people in every aspect of what they govern. The media is there to present the people with what the government is doing, giving us the ability to react and tell the people in charge how we feel.