BrainTorque

If I were to say that Bob is mighty pissed, and you thought I was quite reputable, wouldn’t you stay away from Bob?

If CNN says they predict a shortage of rice, wouldn’t you make sure you had enough rice in your house to last you a while?

Makes you wonder what kind of power the news media has on our lives and our decisions, and wether our trust in their ability to report the news is misplaced.

Clinton Example

Even though the lead between Obama and Clinton was not tremendous, all the news networks started predicting that Clinton will drop out of the race, and that she had no chance of winning. When Clinton denied dropping out of the race, and stated she still had a fighting chance, news reporters seemed to get angry, and continued to criticize her, and slam her, stating that she is deceiving her poor supporters.

Now, if you were one of Clinton’s supporters, wouldn’t you feel that the fight is a lost cause when all the major news outlets are telling you so? In essence, by making these predictions public, and wording them the way they do, they have influenced the outcome of the events in favour of their predictions.

There are many other examples of the news media controling the outcome of events, though, recently, this one has stood out to me the most.