Chapter 11 question 2

When it comes to Marshall Mcluhan’s theory that the medium is the message I totally agree with that theory 100%. The reason why I believe this is because he does explain his theory clearly. In the example in the book he says that print media tries to be rational and television tries to makes it more sensational. Most newspaper just tries to give the facts and if someone wants to express their opinion it is in the editorials. Television news doesn’t try to separate opinion with news. CNN always tries to just deliver facts, but other cable news station such as MSNBC and Fox news put their opinion in when telling the stories of the day. The problem with this is television host such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity try to appear as legitimate news anchor, but they are more like personalities. They are paid to give their opinion about a certain matter, not tell the facts. So people like Glenn Beck will only talk about matters that he knows he could spin it in his favor. So yes where something is broadcasted can change the message.