In this broadcast Dr. Porter examines the mis-use of language on the part of political figures and the media to mis-inform and manipulate the American public. In particular, he focuses on the mis-use of words, the omission of facts and the hype of presentation in the recent speeches of Glen Beck at the Lincoln Memorial and President Obama in his address on Iraq and Afghanistan. Must listening for a public continually dis-served by the language of political leaders and those in the media.