Walker State of Play Blog

In State of Play, we see the relationship between government and the influence the media has on the public's perception of politics. The amount of coverage given to certain issues and the amount of slant put on the issues affects the public's exposure to, and knowledge of such issues. The media is the public link to the government, and greatly effects public perception of current events. In the scene where Sophia’s death as a suicide is being headlined, it is clear that there aren’t hard facts behind that assertion. This shows that the press can choose what information to describe and what to ignore. That's not to say the media is always purposefully biased and deceitful, but it is a sobering thought that facts could easily be skewed by the media for political gain. It is our duty as American citizens to not just take the news at face value but to use varying sources of information in order for us to form our own opinion based on facts and not on biases fed to us by the mainstream media.