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     Today Mr. Paterson was absent, so we watched the rest of the video titled "constructing public opinion". First, the video said that public opinions tend to follow media coverage on issues. For example, if the media report about environmental pollution or education, the public concern towards these issues would rise too, and vice versa. Recently, even when the importance of these issues (climate change and education) are increasing, the media doesn't report it, so the rate of public concern isn't decreasing. 

    The video also reported about the US's military spending. The US military is the most powerful military in the world and the spending goes up to 300 billion dollars. However, because the media doesn't mention about the military spending, about half of US citizens answered in a survey that the US wasn't the most powerful military in the world. Also, most people guessed that the US government spent more tax on public welfare and education, but actually the US's military spending is more than four times the amount of welfare and education. 

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