Whoever controls the media also controls opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little that can be done to rectify this. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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In some countries, the television is controlled exclusively by large companies, it is the government that has
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control
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. Often in a war situation, one of the
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casualties is the news, which is seized by one group or another.
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gives some support to the idea that the radio is a source of power and
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with, whoever controls the television
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has ultimate
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over what is published or broadcasted and what is omitted. They can
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add a certain news story depending on their own feelings about the matter.
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,
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is not a new problem,
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the issue is perhaps more pressing now that these messages are disseminated even
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.
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, we should remember that readers have their own ideas and opinions. You can
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what is printed but you can not
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the opinions of your readers.
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, I think the only positive here is that, nowadays, people seem to be more cynical about what they read in the press on the television.
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, when it comes to the tabloid press, people know that they have to take what they read with a grain of salt.
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, they read knowing they may be being lied to. Perhaps it is of even greater concern that we have become so accepting of
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form of censorship. To sum up, the only thing that can be done to alter
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situation is for the government to regulate the industry so that there is no longer a monopoly on media ownership.
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means that they have to allow and support a totally free press, even if the government may be criticized or ridiculed within its pages.
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