How accurate is it to say that the decline in confidence
in the presidency was mainly caused by the influence of
the media in the years 1945-1980?
for
People had more access to the media so news and information was
more quickly and widely received.
Radio, television, and newspaper reporters had altered views of
their relationship with the president and government and saw it as
their job to explain policies.
Truman mishandled the media when the Korean war began in 1953
which grew criticism.
From 1968 the media took their job to be uncovering government
deception
o Showing government and presidents were keeping things from
the public.
against
Anti-war protests – 4th May 1970, Ohio national guardsmen shot 4
unarmed students and injured 9 during a student protest for the
invasion of Cambodia.
Many began to feel the government was doing too much to help the
poor and not enough to help them.
Johnson put US troops in Vietnam without congress approval.
President Ford pardoning Nixion
Nixion Watergate scandal
o June 17th 1972 - the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the
headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in
the Watergate complex by members of President Richard
Nixon's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of
the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9,
1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White
House that were discovered during the course of the scandal.
Government could not avoid responsibility for the conduct of the
Vietnam war.
Media exposed army scandals
people began to believe the government was corrupt.
conclusion:
it is accurate to say the media caused a decline in confidence in the
presidency the most due to how widespread it could be spanning the who
country easily accessible and in several forms. Scandal, surrounding the
in the presidency was mainly caused by the influence of
the media in the years 1945-1980?
for
People had more access to the media so news and information was
more quickly and widely received.
Radio, television, and newspaper reporters had altered views of
their relationship with the president and government and saw it as
their job to explain policies.
Truman mishandled the media when the Korean war began in 1953
which grew criticism.
From 1968 the media took their job to be uncovering government
deception
o Showing government and presidents were keeping things from
the public.
against
Anti-war protests – 4th May 1970, Ohio national guardsmen shot 4
unarmed students and injured 9 during a student protest for the
invasion of Cambodia.
Many began to feel the government was doing too much to help the
poor and not enough to help them.
Johnson put US troops in Vietnam without congress approval.
President Ford pardoning Nixion
Nixion Watergate scandal
o June 17th 1972 - the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the
headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in
the Watergate complex by members of President Richard
Nixon's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of
the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9,
1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White
House that were discovered during the course of the scandal.
Government could not avoid responsibility for the conduct of the
Vietnam war.
Media exposed army scandals
people began to believe the government was corrupt.
conclusion:
it is accurate to say the media caused a decline in confidence in the
presidency the most due to how widespread it could be spanning the who
country easily accessible and in several forms. Scandal, surrounding the
