Media and Changing perceptions

I believe media affects us in our daily lives even I, whatever I see or hear from media affects me and changes my opinions and beliefs especially with the bad situation that is going on in our Arab world. Since the Iraq war; I began to not believe anything that is talked in Media. The reason is that throughout the Iraq war I used to believe that the Americans will not win the war because of the strong Iraqi Army. I use to also believe what Alsahaf use to say about the American Army and laugh. Moreover, Saddam Hussein was my hero I really cried when I saw the prostitution. The cause is that the Arabic Media made him hero although his bad history of killing and torturing innocent people. He was my hero because he staid constant during the war and he never give up defending his country. In addition, the situation in Iraq became worse when the American entered. I know many Iraqis who said that they prefer living in Saddam’s days than now. I believe that without media my perception of Saddam will change and he will not be my hero.