Reaction to Wag the Dog

We finally finished watching Wag the Dog. There a lot of similarity in the book and in the movie. There a lot of concept between these two things, for example in the book the people believe what ever the Party tells them and in the movie you see the people believe whatever is on the news. We believe whatever is on the news because we assume that they are never lying and are telling the truth. For one thing, how do we know that what ever we see and hear are the truths? How do we know that the war with Iraq or any other war that happened throughout the past is even real or fake? In the movie they fabricated a war with Albania so that they can forget the scandal that the President did with a girl. And in the book they keep on changing war with Eastasia and Eurasia that the people didn’t even know who they are fighting against anymore.
By watching this movie it made me realize that we don’t ask questions and if we do, we don’t wait for the whole answer. We only listen to the part that is suited for us. We don’t really want to know what is really going on the world or that if our government is really doing their jobs. In a way the book 1984 and the movie Wag the Dog, made me realize that we shouldn’t ignore little facts or forget them because of something big is happening, because those little things can be the whole truth behind the whole picture.
I think this movie was interesting and I do recommend my friends to watch it.