It seems that Napoleon also said that the activities of several newspapers in their effect can be equal to the actions of an entire army. Almost two centuries have passed since this statement, and in addition to newspapers, radio and television appeared. The media have developed so much that, as the events of 1990-91 showed. in the Persian Gulf, with their help it became possible to present the failure of a military campaign as a brilliant, bloodless victory over hordes of a heavily armed enemy. This is exactly how the American and not only American media covered the circumstances of the Iraqi-American war of 1991.