In the interview led by Terence Smith, the media analysts are in the midst of covering the war in Afghanistan when all of a sudden the viewer hears the sound of sirens warning of a possible missile-born gas attack while the reporting becomes muffled and difficult to hear.  Smith argues that technology is no protection against the real dangers of war and gives examples of journalists and news correspondents who have either been killed or have gone missing.  These reports become even more extremely dangerous when enormous groups of reporters are assigned to travel with specific combat units.  When these reporters and television cameramen are out there in the field covering the war,what the viewers see is only a slice or portion of the war and not the war in its totality.  Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University aruges the advantages and disadvantages of the danger of high-tech coverage and embedding of reporters in the battefield by stating that the danger lies when the group of reporters follow the troops into combat, they instantly become the target along with their fellow Americans.  Simultaneously, Thompson expresses his admiration of the spectacular coverage of the war and states that these images are so overwhelming because they have never been seen before.  Smith concludes this argument by stating after months of reporting from Baghdad CNN's correspondet Nick Robertson adn his crew were expelled this weekend by Iraqi authorities.

Meanwhile, in an interview with George Ritzer, the professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, the interviewer asks Ritzer a series of questions as to why and how our society has developed into a "McDonaldized" society where our culture has become simplified.  Ritzer answers the questions based on observation as well as personal experiences arguing that our society has become so scripted and so routined that humanity can no longer be creative and develop their own ideas.  Instead, they are trained to become like robots soon to be replaced by true, mechanical robots who are literally programmed that way.  The interview concludes when Ritzer answers a question if he eats at McDonald's by saying,"Only when I'm in the iron cage and it's the only alternative."  Both cases of these interviews develop an argument that gives examples of the harm and potential damage against our society and culture both physically and emotionally.