media fog

Candidates Strive to Break Through Media Fog

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/politics/16web-nagourney.html?hp

While browsing through the online version of the Times today, I navigated pass all the articles about the stock market and hurricane Ike, and came across this article about how Senator Obama and Senator McCain are struggling to get their messages out to American citizens. I thought this was interesting because it touched upon what we talked about in class a couple weeks back, which is the fact that the ability to create and send a message is becoming quite impossible because of all the sources of media. It seems that because of the wide variety of messages and information people are becoming discouraged and start to discount it all. The article talks traditional sources of news, such as newspapers, and how blogs seems to be taking some of their dominance in relaying information. Another thing the article talked about was the agenda of the media and how the candidates are frustrated with what information viewers are actually getting and what they are actually believing. I can understand the Senators' frustration with this dilemma because I myself find it hard to sort through all the messages to find out what is fact and what is fiction.