thranx on 19 January 2013
| Soleron said: I feel accountability comes through media pressure. If a huge issue is front page news for days on end, politicians will do anything to fix it unless they're ideologically fixated (which is why we should not vote those people in). Also they do listen to calls to senators etc. but only en masse - see the SOPA retraction that went from near full support to 50 senators dropping it like it was toxic within 24 hours. |
Yes but what happens when the media doesn't apply pressure? Fast and Furious comes to mind for me. The media is pretty biased.
Edit: Along with no pressure on increased drone usage, etc. Issues that would of been raised under bush seem to be gone from the media, so wheres the accountablity than. But they do play a big part, and they do have an effect. Until this president i thought they were pretty even too, maybe only slightly biased, but lately I see their bias more and more.
