Politics

Politics are defined as ethic related issues that are applied to a group of people. Technically, politics also exist to inform individuals about how a society is set up and how an individual should generally interact with others and live within that society. Although this strikes some individuals as conformist view of a politic, a politic is generally something that helps society to function as a community instead of an anarchist or dictatorial society.

• The requirement for any system involving politics is that the individuals within that system is able to function according to their natural character. If that is not the case, it is though that they will either rebel or the system will eventually collapse. Politics is a process in which a group of people comes to a collective agreement by making a decision; usually that system is majority rules although there are other ways of determining this. A politic does not just refer to government elections. Politics can also be recognized in other group interactions including those of an academic, religious, or corporate nature. Politics are supposed to put the power into the hands of the general population.

• Politics are the cause of many arguments all over the world, not just amongst opposing political parties but amongst the public as well. That being said, the actual definition of a politic is something that is artful, shrewd, cunning, or crafty. A public opinion is that anyone in the filed of politics cannot fully be trusted. Statistically, no matter what party an individual affiliates themselves with, it has been found that people think that 99% of politicians lie. In fact, politicians are often thought of as operating along the same principle as used car salespeople.

• In America, politics can be local or national. The two main political parties are the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republican politics represent conservatism and the Democratic politics represent liberalism. In America, which is a democratic society, a politic is supposed to be decided by the people of the United States, with every individual vote that is cast counting equally. In reality, many people believe the system of politics to be corrupt due to several scandals that erupted such the Watergate scandal, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and the infamous George W. Bush versus Al Gore presidential election which has long thought to have been fixed in favor of former President George Bush. These types of occurrences have made the American public wary of trusting politics in general.

With the varying opinions of the importance of any politic, individuals eventually seem intent on drawing their own conclusion about the political system and politics in general.

Political News

Political news tends to dominate the medium airwaves because of the importance of staying updated about the current political climate. During times of war and economic crisis such as the issues that American is currently facing, this barrage of political news increases even more.

• In the past few years, political news has been dominated by the Iraq war. The more localized that the political news is, the more interest that society will be in it. Because of the fact that so many Americans have a strong political stance on the war, the political news that is available about it takes precedent over other political news items. Another example of that is the state of the United States economy. In the previous presidential political polls, the state of the economy was of top importance to voter’s, along with the Iraq war.

• Almost every major website, newspaper and television news programs that dedicate large sections and portions of time to political news. Political elections, particularly presidential elections, are always covered heavily by medium outlets since the public considers any major political election to be of great importance in their day-to-day lives. Political policies are included in political news so that people can be knowledgeable about whom they may wish to vote for.

• There is some controversy surrounding the political news that the major stations broadcast: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news. Many complain that these programs tend to have certain political agendas and favor particular candidates. Fox political news is particularly well-known for declaring George W. Bush the winner of the presidential election, long before they should have done so. They are considered to be very conservative. On the other hand, CNN and MSNBC are considered to lean toward the liberal left and give the most airtime to Democratic candidates. All these political news programs are supposed to be completely unbiased and give equal time to each candidate.

• Regardless of these complaints though, many argue that the political news that has been announced by these programs has been accurate and have done their job on keeping the public well informed of political happenings. An example of this includes when CNN first broke the news about the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal. The millions of websites that offer political news are sometimes very biased, and they are allowed to be. While straight-forward journalism is generally supposed to be un-biased, many bloggers can post their own personal political views on anything they want.

Deciding whether or not an individual is receiving accurate political news can be tricky considering the nature of the news itself. Many people have their own political views and those views sometimes intentionally or unintentionally find their ways into the political news. One should use their best judgment when deciding what to believe about political news they hear.