This article perfectly explains how the government influences our media and we don't even notice it. The author of this article has too much solid information for us to ignore the fact that the government plays an avid role in a lot of the things we see in the media and on television. All of the evidence that the author presents in this article is very strong evidence, stating that all three of the cited ads were controlled by the government. One thing that interested me, was when they were talking about the columnists who wrote supporting for something political, but did not disclose that they had accepted payments from the government. To me, that really shows me that maybe the government is taking it too far with trying to influence how people think, and it makes me feel uneasy that the columnists write about something they may not fully support simply because they received payment to do so. To me, that presents a flaw in the system. The fact that this article was written five years ago interests me, because it makes me wonder if it really is outdated. I think if it had been written more recently, it would have taken into account the internet and how the government is now trying to influence people's opinions over the computer. But the author of the article did not, in my opinion, present any weak evidence at all. The article seemed to be very convincing of the fact that the government makes a huge effort to reach the population and influence their thoughts, without them even knowing about it. The author described somewhat what is going on between the government and the media and news as "where the traditional lines between public relations and journalism have become tangled". This phrase demonstrates perfectly what has been going on with the government but how people simply don't notice it because they don't really care about it. No one is going to go looking around and doing investigation on the news to make sure that they aren't being brainwashed by the government. And no one is going to think to themselves after reading something written by one of those paid-by-the-government columnists "I'm gonna find out if this guy was paid by the government to say these things." People just don't care enough to even take an interest in the fact that maybe the government is trying to influence our thoughts through everything that comes out through the media.