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The media is very powerful and can alter the viewpoints of those listening to them

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The astronauts get paid to be heroes, therefore I do not believe they are true heroes.

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Do you think that it was right to make the astronauts look like heroes and perfect people even though they where not.

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Smart idea of them to use the media like that for their own benefits

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The men were seen as heroes, I didn't think this is very heroic at all.

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Surprisingly, the journalist altered the astronauts' lives. Only had the good things written, that was the only parts of their live that was published. While the bad parts were locked away.

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Why would Nasa have to approve of what astronauts say if they weren't hiding anything?

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Why did they never publish the bad and only ever the good?

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Astronauts from this program were getting paid and I don't think getting paid makes you an actually "hero"

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LIFE manipulated the media to make the astonauts look good.

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Mishandled PR could easily ruin a company; causing them to lose public support and investors. I understand why NASA played such close attention to the stories.

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What is the author's stance on NASA's PR actions?

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LIFE and NASA both manipulated the media to earn profit

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The Astronauts were getting paid for what they were doing which to me doesn't show they're heroic at all.

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The media paid for what they wanted, not what was there.

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The media paid the government, how ironic, in order to portray these men as heroes and set them to ridiculous standards.

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Whats the point in lying about that stuff

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What NASA does now for publicity is much more ethical than what they did with the fake stories about the astronauts.

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The media is very powerful and this article displays what happens when that power is abused.

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To what extent did the other media's criticism of the astronauts/LIFE affect the astronauts' hero status, if any?

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It is ironic how LIFE paid a government agency for publicity coverage, trying to portray the astronauts as heroes.