The following is a response to an article entitled: "American Circus".
I completely agree that the current state of political debates is practically sickening, and the real issues need to be highlighted. However, we have to remember that the political debates that we see on television are meant for entertainment. The political candidates know that, unless their viewers have lost the television remote, they are very apt to simply switch the channel the moment the debate addresses real issues and fails to entertain. The only way the candidates can get the public to hear them out is to focus on personality or personal background. Something that more closely resembles high school drama than politics will make the voting public listen. So, can you really blame the candidates for just trying to get their name out there?
The mass media controls politics; that, we cannot deny. Correcting the whole flawed world of politics would be almost impossible, so now, we have to settle for Jerry Springer-like debates as opposed to discussing the actual issues. The only thing we can do is to educate ourselves and those around us to the best of our abilities.
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