Wag the Blog

After watching the movie Wag the Dog the class was asked to answer the question "Could this happen in real life?"

The answer, however interesting, is painfully obvious: We don't and couldn't know.

Although, one could count the "There are WMDs in Iraq!" thing as something akin to the happenings in the movie (minus the fact that it totally failed).

Regardless, if there really was someone that was able to manipulate the media as well as the character in Wag the Dog we really wouldn't (or can't) tell if we're being lied to. The only solution, then, is to investigate large matters yourself and not blindly trust everything you hear.