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Comm 110 1st EditionLecture 10Government for SaleI. Shaping Policy and Lawa. Lobbyists i. RNCii. DNCb. $ influences campaigns policy c. “power Elite” & Expertsd. Revolving doorse. If all of this political stuff is happening why don’t we hear about it?i. Its national news1. Things going on in the state level are getting ignoredII. Politics and Reality: Poliwooda. Tv – blurred the lines between truth, myth and realityi. Politics has become reality televisionb. Hollywood celebs in politicsi. Don’t get any political benefits for giving money to the causes they believe in - truly ideologicalThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. Is Obama a celebritya. National news that Obama wore a tan jump suit b. Who cares c. But we have an obsession with celebritiesii. All connected: celebrities need politics to further their causes, politics need the celebrities to make the news and get money, media needs both to get ratings 1. Sarah Palin and her TV showc. Politics and celebrityi. Is there a difference between Washington celebrities and Hollywood celebrities?1. Bad press could be good for Hollywood, but not for Washington 2. Jerry Springer is a politician a. Mayor of Cincinnatiii. What role should celebrities have in politics?1. Celebrities have a platform so they can do things to change the worldiii. How has technology changed the nature of politics? Has this change beengood or bad?1. When asked John Wool about 9/11 someone asked what he knew about the subject2. Mentality that people don’t think they’re informed and can’t change the world3. Roosevelt had polio and if he was on TV probably would not have been elected iv. What is feeding the polarization of politics?v. Are politicians characters or people?1. Characters because they have a


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