The fine line between politics and entertainment

In recent decades, the United States have experienced a fundamental change in the political decision-making. Probably because of the Internet, now the news channels-24 and many other factors, it seems that the test average was more than just a journalist and news.

Sarah Palin was a hero to the Tea Party, at least for the feeling of "family", is transmitted over the airwaves, and a feeling of many who are "just like the restus. "After John McCain and his defeat in 2008, has become a sort of celebrity Ms.Palin half a regular on the Fox News Channel, and just before the publication of his book, numbers that have already received great revenues.

He recently led a rally conservative talk show host Glenn Beck in Washington DC. Hundreds of thousands of people visited and the media has widely reported. Apparently in response, John Stewart and Stephen Colbert gave his rally "reason" in the sameArea draws another big crowd. This was also largely political in the media, although it is not like Stewart and Colbert described their meeting. But who ever heard or seen showing Colbert or Stewart realize that they are political satire, based on current events. Obviously there is a very fine line between political satire and entertainment.

Many comics have been for years, their humor on current events and politics.Recently, however, because of the number of TV channels, which are in many homes, Americans are bombarded almost daily comedy news show, shows comments and satire. Sometimes it is very difficult to tell the difference when you get to see the other ends.

Unfortunately, it is a fact that many American voters are less than optimal information on relevant topics. During this mid-term elections of 2010, it was not just aanti-Obama vote, but there was an anti-historical, anti-taxes, etc. are correct. You would think that if he should be the desire of the American public, "conservative", the group of conservative Democrats known as "Blue Dogs" would have fared much better during this election have, where a high percentage of this group was also Cast off.

How many voters were fully informed about what the candidate "opposition" in reality, or only those parts ofFrustration at the weakness of the U.S. economy and high unemployment rate? Our political system needs to better inform the public about issues, rather than to entertain them.

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