One of the topics discussed often when analyzing the media is the topic of the use of language in order to persuade certain audiences. This deceiving language is not only used to persuade Americans to buy products, but is also now used in the news when reporting stories to the public. But why persuade when the only thing that must be told is the basic news? The answer is purely politics. our country is very definitely divided into our political parties, and it seems that nothing can be done now to allow them to see eye to eye. in fact, Americans have become so totally brainwashed by these political parties, that when making important decisions about which people should lead our country, states, and cities, they only vote according to their political part, for the candidate that matches it. In the past two presidential elections, democrat Barrack Obama was voted into presidency, and throughout the six years that he has been the president, controversy over his many decisions as executive officer have been debated and discussed by all groups of people. On his recent release of his immigration plan, there has been much debate, and many opinions have been shared by both democrats and republicans.

 The news story written by Kelly Beaucar Vlahos from Foxnews.com displays the republican view of the plan. To persuade readers to take her party's side on the issue, Vlahos uses words with negative connotations such as "lawlessness", "criminal", and "failure" to create a negative image of the plan in our minds. The story also uses nicknames such as "Emperor Obama" and "Emperor of the United states" to scare us into thinking that President Obama has taken away our democratic rights, the very basis our nation was founded upon.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/20/republicans-ready-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-halt-obama-immigration-plan/

After reading and analyzing the first article written by foxnews,com, it was not long before I found a second article written on the same subject by cnn.com. This article gave mainly the facts on the issue unlike foxnews.com, but gave a bit of opinion as well. The author of the article, Eric Bradner used words such as "dream", "skilled", and "protection", as well as phrases such as, "expected to gain protection from deportation" and "potentially benefiting up to 3.5 million people." to describe Obama's new immigration plan. he also attacks the republican's view of the topic by using words with negative connotations.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/politics/obama-immigration-speech-viewers-guide/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Without certain forms of language, our society would not be able to easily communicate strong feelings towards other people, places, and things. Large companies and political parties would also be unable to deceive us and manipulate our thoughts about the happenings in our daily lives. What ever happened to just stating the news? I for one would like to know what is going on in the world around me without being constantly bombarded by advertisements by certain political parties.

My relationship with the media changes constantly. I feel like the media is so flexible and so controversial that it can be used for many things that are not always beneficial to consumers and their society. By definition, media is the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet) regarded collectively. Though the ways of communication with the public vary, they seem to all have one goal in mind; to turn "people" into "consumers" and to ultimately alter the way they see the world around them, and the way they comprehend the many components of their lives and of their society. Though the media is often displayed in a negative light, I feel that it can also be used for good, but is often not. If the purpose of media is to provide a way to transport ideas, then why is it so often found transporting non-constructive ones? What is to prevent us from transporting ideas that will help us progress as a productive society? Through this media blog I hope to delve deeper into the many forms of media, and further analyze the way the average American adult spends an average of 11 hours of their time (provided my the Nielson Cross-Platform Report).