'Wag the Dog' is a hollywood comedy movie which shows how the media can change the thoughts and influence the public sentiment in a short time.
In this film, American president being caught in a scandalous situation just before the election.so that he doesn't seem to much of a chance to being re-elected.One of his advisers contacts a top hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through the mass media.
Than media continiously publish the war news and succesfully divert the concentrate of mass people

I think,Media is so powerful and they can influence public mind so easily.for me in this film media is like a dog who wag the people like tail when they want.