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    The Media and Agenda Setting

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    In a paper that contains eight pages the ways in which the media in various countries particular America and Europe set the world agenda are discussed with possible solutions offered. There are sixteen bibliographic sources cited.

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    new technologies and the narrowing of major powers, who own more and more of the significant media venues, writing is in and of itself a somewhat biased profession. Despite claims  of impartiality, it has really become a clear, especially over the last half of the century, that more and more journalists have had to compromise ethics in order to remain  employed. Therefore, a slanting of the news has become more the norm, one could say, reflecting the particular values or outlook of those in charge of the station or newsroom,  or to utilize the popular buzz word: agenda setting. This premise is not a localized phenomenon as it happens on a global basis, it could be stated, in any country  where the interests and power lie with those who have the most ability to influence the cultures likes and dislikes. In a recent article by Newsweek, Robert Samuelson, states that  "The press, of course, should present a true picture--but doesnt. If it did, it would have to admit that it often aids liberal lobbies"(Samuelson, 1999, 59). And it would seem  that the United States is not the only country in which this is the case. Political upheaval shifts balance of power back and forth within a country. With the internal  and external strife within Ireland in the early 1920s-1950s the press was dominated by purely British interests. Disparaging remarks or stories which showed Britain in a poor light were censored.  This only led to a further rebellion by the Irish and added fuel to the flames of independence that were already beginning to flare. The National Journalists Union was founded  in Ireland and an opposition to censorship and the demand for access to information have been the basis for a widening of the unions agenda beyond its own internal, or 

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