I, too, have been at other classes, but have been sequestered and reading feverishly. I think it is kind of neat to make such a concentrated study of a given topic. Tonight I am thinking about the power of the media. I have noticed how often today's writers and speakers on television and in newspapers sway public opinion. I have been surprised during my reading of BCoF how often the newspapers are involved in the making of a hero or the breaking of a man. 'Harper's Weekly,' 'The Montgomery Advertiser', the 'Mobile Register'- the power of the pen. And the I am aware of the effect their comments had on the participants and especially some of the leaders of the war. Some believed what was written and lived what was expected. Others stood to prove the writers wrong even to a fault. The psychological effects of the media no doubt effected the outcome of battles, the lives of people and more. One has to wonder what influence today's media is having on our nation's history.