TV Propositions' Intentions

I am so sick of the campaign commercials for the propositions. They are so repetitive and they don't even really explain what the proposition is all about. They use such heavy propaganda with the intent to encourage or discourage the audience from voting for one party, and hammer it into your head so it stays there. These proposition campaigns also use quotes out of context from the original documentation. This can change the whole meaning of the point being discussed. Political groups use this to their advantage to attack the opposing campaign, often blurring the real truth and omitting important details that can affect the voter’s opinion. It’s all about the image of the proposition, not the actual facts. Luckily when general election time comes around they send out booklets explaining every proposition in depth. Furthermore they even sum each one up in a sweet little package for the voters that don’t want to go through the entire documentation so they have no excuse to not know what they are voting for unless they are alliterate. Being alliterate means that a person only chooses to read when they have to, like for work. It is commonly known that a lot of people in the U.S. can’t read or choose not to. We rank 49th in the illiteracy rate, and that isn’t even including the people that can read yet choose not to. They make decisions solely on what they see and hear on TV, mistaking many things presented as fact when they are actually generalized, heavily diluted, or just made up. A lot of those individuals don’t even know what they are voting for b/c they don’t have all the necessary facts to make an educated decision. So when the Official Voter Information Guide is mailed to “responsible” voters, some of them take one look at the booklet and toss it in the corner where it sits there collecting dust with the rest of the books that they have neglected. Then they happily trot off to “do their part” when they have in their minds only what they saw on TV from those advertising campaigns commanded by political propaganda bullshit instead of basing their educated opinions on the real facts! While the actual illiterates can’t defend themselves from the ads, b/c they don’t have the ability to consume the facts unless someone tells them. This is the role of those campaign ads. The people that drive these proposition campaigns know a good sum of people like to take the easy way out, so they target the non-readers and TV viewers. They tell people what to think often misinforming the audience. Political propaganda plays a dirty game and can heavily influence an opinion. Just remember there are two sides to everything and always get the facts! Check out this video