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"//Truth is always the first casualty of history//"

Assess how the media assists in shaping and influencing the way events are portrayed and recorded. Consider how a government or country's actions can be supported and 'legitimised' through the media. What impact do these perspectives have on historical accounts and sources for a particular event? Use the knowledge and sources you have analysed in the Webquest to support your answer. Post your essay on your webquest wiki page, and please provide images that you feel represent your experience with this webquest (Introduction, 1 body paragraphs - 11 sentences, conclusion).

Today we are surrounded by all sorts of media news papers, radio, television, online news. All telling us what happened when, were and why. Most people accept what the media says as fact. Not questioning the stories, not checking for bias, and not looking for the facts. That means every day there is a chance we are being lied to.

The media can use their power to change the way we feel about government actions, enemy actions, and events. If our government decided to bomb a country would you be for or against it? What if the said it was for monetary gain? What if you heard their leader was threatening us? How would you know what claims were true? If we cant know if the media is lying about the actions of our country how can we know about the actions of our "enemies"? Are they hurting as many people as they claim? Or are they justifying their actions though propaganda? How can we tell? Now when we see videos they can be edited to show what they want to show. Not the truth. So an event which seems like a big deal could be a accident and visa-versa.

So in the modern world with the truth sometimes hidden. We all need to remember to question the media. Other wise the truth can be distorted. That less than truth can be written down as fact if we are not careful. Don't trust every thing you read, hear, or see.

1.)newspapers, television, magazines,Internet, broadcasts, radio, online blogs, books, and movies 2.) newspaper- entertain, inform; television- entertain, persuade, inform; magazines- entertain, inform; ads- entertainment; the Internets- entertain, inform, and persuade; broadcast- inform, persuade, entertain; radio- persuade, inform, entertain; online blogs- inform, entertain; books- entertain, inform, persuade; movies- entertain, persuade, inform. 3.) People with $$$$$$$$$$ can make movies that a lot of people see. They can buy ads and buy computers to go online and blogs about their feelings of what they eat for breakfast (or brunch). peoples political views can change what people say on T.V. and other media. there will be less media if there is less money. 3.5.) The media is also influenced by  4.) If you were not at the event you rely on media portrayal of said event and if they lie of show it in a way that's positive or negative then your thoughts on the event are flawed.  PART 2  1.) the Iraqis are the ones who started it all trying to tear down the statue it was spontaneous and the Americans came in and just helped. the truth was it was a pre-planned demonstration by the Americans and only a few Iraqis were there. 2.) Baghdad, Hit, Kalar, Mosul Government- Iraq is a republic There is a National Assembly elected every four years, the meet with the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) to make legislative decisions. The RCC is in charge and the chairman of the RCC is also president of the country. The president exercises decision-making powers He and the vice presidents are elected by the RCC. There is suffrage at age eighteen, and the popular vote elects 220 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly. The president chooses the remaining 30 seats  Islam & 2 forms of Muslims (Shias & Sunnis)

Social Structure- Large kin groups make social units. They are more important than ethnic, social class, and sectarian lines. Familial loyalty is very important. All members of the family protect one another. The kin group usually involves three generations, many of whom live together. Its organized through decent and marriage. They often share farms and land.

3.)The images both show the statue being destroyed but in some of them you can tell that it is blocked off and its just reporters to make it look bigger. In other pictures it show a whole crowd cheering and helping tear down the statue.

4.) The headline on the American news paper made it sound like it was easy. It showed the lay out of the hide out as well as a picture of the tyrant looking defeated. the Australian newspaper had a shorter article, less pictures, and a less catchy head line.

7. Why do you think the newspaper images were doctored? The newspaper images were edited to make it look like a crowd of Iraqis gathered to take down the statue when it was mostly reporters.

9. The US military gains support by making it look like they helped tear down the statue. 1a the US picture is a lot bigger. b The australian picture has paler colors and the US pic has bigger font c The Us picture is bigger but it has a lot less writing. 2 The audience is the people of the US and Australia.