Thomas Buckley
10/10/2010
COM-126 Comm. and the Media
Professor Monica Ferguson
2008 Presidential Media Sensation
Walter Lippmann in his book titled, “Public Opinion,” tells us that the media is our
primary source of pictures in our heads about the larger world. He states, “out of reach, out of
sight, out of mind” (Lippmann, 1922, pg. 29). This is a great start to understanding the media’s
role in our last presidential election. As we will see there was manipulation on both sides of the
democrati