Do Americans or the Media control the American elections?

Question

your thoughts please.

Answer 1

The media only has influence not votes.

Answer 2

The elites. The elites control the media and our single political party which goes by two names. We the people only get to vote for one of two tyrants the elites choose.

Answer 3

If the media has it's way we will only have liberal Democrats winning every time.

I certainly hope the American public is not that ignorant.

The scary thing is most people don't find out information on their own about the candidates.   They rely on the news and the name and face they see the most on the screens they are looking at.

Answer 4

Neither have complete control, both have partial control. The voters ultimately decide but they are essentially picking from the candidates put forth by either the democrats or republicans. Third party candidates are almost never taken seriously and at best hope to be a darkhorse. The media plays a role in that it attempts to influence the public and does so by airing stories that are slanted or intended to lead the public to certain conclusions. but as another answerer stated, they don't get to cast the votes themselves. At best both the Americans and the Media are merely variables in an equation with the end result being a president.

Answer 5

Both, really. Voters do the voting, but the media has much sway.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say that the Media CONTROLS the American elections; but they have the biggest impact on them. They have a HUGE influence over them.

Due to our liberal media - all we hear about is what they want us to hear about. That's why the death of 6 American Soldiers on the same day as Heath Ledger's death went unnoticed - unreported.

Due to our liberal media - all we hear is that President Bush lied to get us into this war. Complete and utter BS. If you go back and look at his speeches - he stated that the Iraqi's had the necessary facilities to acquire Nuclear weapons - this is fact, they did.

It is the liberal media that pounces on conservatives and glorifies liberals. Without fact and without reason. They report not want we need to hear, nor what we want to hear. They just force their views down our throats.

But with this diminishing of American Culture, Morals and Virtues - followed by a diminishing education system - rest assured that in the next 15-20 years (at the very most); our media will be controlling the outcome of the American elections.

Answer 7

The media is American, sorry thats arugementative. Who has the most control? The media wether that is NBC, Fox or the the religious right. Lets face it the relious right came to have power because of the bias in the media. I wish as others have stated that people would research and make informed decision about what matters most to them, but most dont. Americans choose based on "polls", group affilliations, media bias, party, politics, skin color or gender and they control the elections with their votes. So I would have to conclude the American people control the elections and the media controls the people.

Answer 8

The media has a big influence on what people think. I hope everyone who votes will research their choices and not pay much attention to all the hype. In the end, it is the actual voter who casts the vote, but how much he was influenced by the media will have an impact on his/her choices.

Answer 9

The media controls everything!

Answer 10

there is a third group that needs to be considered and that is special interest groups if you place any value on the way people answer questions on answers I say the media because they haven't done their home work, have the stuff voters speak about is groundless.

Answer 11

hows about you learn to spell rendaln?  before you answer all these big thoughtful questions?