The media regularly uses public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end?
Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by the media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. He exposes the role the media plays in “manufacturing consent” for political elites & what Americans actually think about politics. He provides a new way to think about the relationship between politics, media and the public.
This short video exposes the myth that most Americans are moderate or conservative and demonstrates the way in which political elites help to promote the military industrial complex and how the media sustains belief in an electoral system with a built-in bias against the interests of ordinary people.
Can you think for yourself?
