Some journalists call being assigned to the White House an invitation to the "Big Dance" ~ not unlike being called up from the minor leagues to the majors. In the photograph at the right, President Gerald Ford holds a press conference in 1975 in the Old Executive Office Building. The picture appears to capture a moment of spontaneuous interaction between the press corps and the president. Even though these events were and are broadcast to the nation, Lippmann might argue that they contain barriers between the public and the truth. What might those barriers be?Professor Wiggins
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I feel like this advertisement is targeted more towards the female population. It seems to be more comical rather than provoking discrimination with the text blaming the female for the slow drainage. The message is kind of vague so viewers of this advertisement probably get several different messages out of it. I believe it could have used some other type of strategy because it does not really make me want to go out and buy Drano.
I think the biggest barrier would which questions are asked. The people reading the newspaper or watching the news do not have any control over what questions are being asked of people in positions of power. When there is no control over the questions there is not control over the flow of information.
I completely agree with "jv". However, I would also like to add that I believe what we as TV viewers see and don't see is another barrier. This photo is a rare shot of a press conference. All you normally ever see on TV is the speaker. You are never shown the "vultures" that can be the press yelling at the speaker to get what they want answered.
When watching a press conference on one of the networks, the speaker is the only person in the spotlight. That in itself is a barrier because the audience doesn't get to comprehend the context of the question. They read about the answer second hand in the daily paper. The audience should be enlightened as to who asked the question, the terms it was asked under and many other circumstances before they are required to make a decision on how they feel about it.
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