For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war.
The state must protect the media. In a democracy, the role of media is very important. In the absence of a credible opposition party, you can rely on the media.
The media is a like any other group of people. Their universe is all that matters.
The media bring our wars home, but only rarely have they been able to do it in complete freedom.
The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
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