While the article does give a heavy emphasis on the control that the media holds over Hillary’s image, Hillary still holds a pretty significant amount of control over her own image.We saw a perfect example in class with the news clip that we watched on YouTube where Hillary was criticized for steering away from the traditional female housewife stereotype.  She was criticized for lacking femininity and in response Hillary set up a cookie bake off against Barbara Bush to prove her femininity and to prove that she still holds traditional housewife values. Also, it’s not just Hillary that has power and control over her image, but it’s also the network of people whom she knows within the media. Being the powerful and well known politician that she is, Hillary for sure must have connections in the media that can aid her in crafting her public image.  Furthermore, her political party must hold a significant amount of control through the connections they have amongst the media. Democratic and liberal news outlets will tend to defend their political representatives so it’s in their best interest to craft a positive image for Hillary when she is attacked and downplayed by the opposing news outlets. That’s not to say that the image that the democratic and liberal news outlets release is a truthful one, for all we know the image they portray could be completely fabricated, but nonetheless this levels out the playing field and it gives Hillary significant control over her own image.

Like the article stated, with enough repetition anything can become truth, or at least it can become accepted by the general public as truth. One example found that’s quite recent is with the Obama campaign when he was running for office. His posters were plastered everywhere with the slogan written right underneath “HOPE”. This slogan became one of Obama’s main taglines and soon supporters from all over the U.S began to rally behind Obama to what they believed was the only hope for America. The constant combination of Obama’s face with the word “HOPE” eventually made it to where they both came under the same connotation and soon people began to associate Obama’s face with hope and with that many came to consider that as the truth. Another example, one found in the article, is how NBC presents a montage before their news broadcasts which serves to take the viewer through the history of NBC. The montage shows the changing peacock logo between 1952 and 1998 and it shows the news anchors that have progressed over the years. This repeated introduction before every broadcast is done to persuade the viewers that NBC is a credible news source. NBC’s claim is that they have been covering the news since 1952 so they are the most trustworthy and experienced news outlet and therefore the viewer should watch and trust what NBC says. Given enough broadcasts and given enough viewings by the public, soon the viewers will begin to adopt NBC’s claim. It is in that moment that NBC’s claims have become truth for some viewers.