Citizens of the United States do not pick who they will vote for; their media decides for them.
Quick, without looking on Wikipedia or some other site, name five democratic nominees and five GOP nominees.
You can't, can you? Do you wonder why?
It's because you don't hear anything about any of the other nominees. They get an initial bunch of publicity when they announce that they are running, but quickly fade into obscurity as the news media covers the more "interesting" candidate(s), such as the Baracks, the Hillarys, the McCains and the Guilianis. What they find interesting is what they report on. What they report on is what we take to heart when deciding over who to vote for in this upcoming election. Oftentimes, the media does not report on the stance of candidates, but emphasizes on things that the "interesting" hopefuls do for their campaign. Turn on the so-called "Fair and Balanced" Fox News channel, and they're talking about how Obama's wife made unpatriotic comments. John Edwards, who I happened to like, dropped out of the race because he couldn't win votes in states. Part of this blame is due to his lack of publicity; Corporate News Media was too busy reporting on the fact that a Democratic party hopeful was black, and one was female. The news media wants to report on the easy and obvious stories, such as Hillary Clinton being female and running for president, and her husband's comments that subsequentally tarnish her reputation.
I'm not saying that the news media is solely to blame about candidates' failure; they have a responsibility to campaign and promote themselves. But if we are a free country and able to think for ourselves, why are we letting the media control who we can vote for to run the country?
