Propaganda In The Film Wag The Dog

At this time of age, people believe what they see in the media. whether it be entrainment, politics, or even religious matter. Media is one of many big factors that humans blindly trust and that because it surrounds us such as Snapchat it now gives news that includes politics and entertainment. We also see ads which are to influence and to get people 's gears moving about the topic, and ads like these are placed on every single website. Media is where people get their information, however, media is corrupted, people with money alternate the stories so they are displayed as the higher one and their competition are viewed as cheap one.

The title of the movie " Wag the dog" itself means to redirect information to something that has lesser value, …show more content…
They put their own views on the broadcast and this ensured that the society believes what they were selling. With this in mind, a similar case is how the Soviet Union also used propaganda when Stalin was in power he made himself appear that he was a positive leader and that Lenin, their previous leader were friends. As this was what the people heard that’s what they believed in, regardless of that, Stalin was the complete opposite. In this example, we see how society falls under a spell of what 's being given to them and they don 't raise questions and when they do it 's too late.

To sum up, America feeds the world and their country with false information, not only about politics but the quality of life. To get any message across they use media which are corrupted, as they use power to alter the real information to make it in their own favor, for example, NY Times worked closely with Clinton to make the Democratic look good in the public 's eye. All things considered, America mixes politics and entertainment with the media to get any type of point across. I conclude that even if people do look into these stories they should do more research and then make up their