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Woody Harrelson - Host: Media influence on public opinion has been studied for many years now. We know for example that the media often play what's called an agenda setting role. Public concern about issues tends to follow media coverage of those issues, rather than any changes in the real world." "The media create the impression of the American public has a real choice. You could choose Bush or you could choose Gore, the implication being that they are both very different. But on substantive budgetary or economic issues, the differences between them are really on the margins. Both leading Democrats and Republicans support a privatized health care system, they support corporate-backed global trade agreements, they support maintaining a co-board defense budget, and they generally favor the interests of big business.
Woody Harrelson - Host: But the media give the impression that Democrats and Republicans represent a broad range of opinion by focusing on civil liberty non-monetary issues like gay rights or abortion, where Democrats and Republicans really do differ. And this masks the degree of the lead consensus
Woody Harrelson - Host: But the media give the impression that Democrats and Republicans represent a broad range of opinion by focusing on civil liberty non-monetary issues like gay rights or abortion, where Democrats and Republicans really do differ. And this masks the degree of the lead consensus
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Media influence on public opinion
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has been studied from many years now
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We know for example that the media often play what's called
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an agenda setting role
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Public concern about issues tends
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to follow media coverage of those issues
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rather than any changes in the real world
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The media create the impression that the American public
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has a real choice
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You can choose Bush or you can choose
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Gore the implication being that they're
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both very different
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But on substantive budgetary or economic issues
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the differences between them are really on the margins
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But is leading Democrats and Republicans
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support a privatized health care system
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They support corporate backed global trade agreements
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they support maintaining a Cold War defense budget
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and they generally favor the interests of big business
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But the media give the impression
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that Democrats and Republicans represent a broad range
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of opinion by focusing on civil liberty non monetary issues
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like gay rights or abortion where Democrats and Republicans
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really do differ
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And this masks the degree of elite consensus
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Movie Summary
Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.