Linking Theorist Quotes to 'Police'

Stanley Cohen - 'The media reacts to an aspect of behaviour.'

Link to the police - Police are in their occupation to maintain public law and order (the specifications of their job). whne extraordinary events do occur, the way the police react to that situation comes under heav scrutiny and criticism e.g. 1984-5 Miners Strikes, the odd instance did happen when the police were acting in an overly aggressive way towards innocent, non-aggressive protestors and the media would circle on the issue and the officers would face harsh critisism and the perception of the police with these events alters fairly drastically. With these Miners Strikes events the police were, as a result, seen more as a 'political army' of the government.

A quote to form opposition to the idea:

Karl Marx - 'Dominant ideology serves the interest of the ruling classes.'

An arguement in opposition to the above idea that Can arise from the Marx quote here. If the media was to seem so important in the re-casting of a groups image such as the police then how come the government wouldn't have been able to turn the presented idea away. If the ruling classes are in control of the ideologies that the people face then why would they allow for the negative alteration of a groups influence, support and image over a relatively simple issue such as the Miners Strikes. If the police serves as an important, needed part of the system of society and governance than why would the 'ruling classes', those as high up as ministers and the prime minister allow for the police to be portrayed negatively if the ruling class are in charge of what people read and hear about from the media.