Natural Enemies How does the president get to the eyes and ears of the public? How do we allow presidential policies and information to be transmitted? It is through newspapers, television, and radio that we as society get most of our political resources. The media is an essential part of yesterday and today’s political scene. In Newsmakers: the Press and the Presidents, Howard Smith and Luanne Norris portray how the media affects individual presidencies, …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…to question it. The press could attack whomever and whatever it wished, but no one was to attack it. Today we have to realize that what may be considered news, could very well be the opposite. What the press and media perceive as important and vital is in many instances not. Keeping in mind the purpose of news and the importance of it should help in leading us to a more professional and focused society.