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Your Voice 2008 Published April Day, 2008, time p.m.
This year’s presidential election has been nothing short of dramatic. From Chuck Norris supporting Mike Huckabee’s campaign to pictures of Barak Obama dressed as a Somali Elder, propaganda has played a major role in the race of the 2008 presidential nominees. According to Webster, propaganda is the spreading of ideas, information or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause or a person. Propaganda began to surface in 1964 after Lyndon Johnson’s notorious Daisy ad. 40 years later, America is still under the influence of propaganda, but the response has begun to change. In the past, propaganda has lured or even scared Americans into siding with whoever pitched the ad. Now, because of the circumstances of the U.S., numerous negative ads are beginning to hurt rather than help. Presidential candidates have thrown numerous shots at each other, which cause many Americans to wonder if this election is about the sake of our country or the sake of someone’s ego. “It’s basically who can dog the other guy out the most. It has taken the focus off what the election is really about,” said Kyler Smith, sophomore.
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