Politics and the Media Politics and the media have always been involved with each other, with media strongly setting the standard for what politics are important. Our perspective of the real world is based on the issues the media makes aware to us. It is not known which influences more, but there are definitely two sides to the story. Many studies have been done to decide but each comes out with different answers. I think …
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…lot to set the policy standard and influence how the public and those in political office understand things. Politicians not only use the media to influence us viewers, but are they are also influenced by it. The media affects our every day way of thinking and the politics that surround us. What they see as important, we do also. Therefore, in my opinion, the news media sets the standard for what is important in politics.