"The battle between the White House and the national media is the battle over who controls the national agenda" (quote by Patrick Buchanan). Who do you believe should control the national agenda? Does it make sense for total control to be given to either the White House or the national media? Why or why not?

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questions for the below paragraph. "i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i was back in the room of my childhood, with my "