
Public opinion is one of those entities that bring the shade onto certain concepts and behavior within the social groups and in society in general.
While the main goal of the mass media is to inform on topics relevant to the target audience segments, there is also a certain degree of interpretation of facts based on values of the outlet and its target audience.
The government’s needs are easy to follow:
To maintain control over public opinion,
To justify the government’s actions
The facts interpreted in the “right way” pave the way to many questionable things, such as: