Watchdog

http://blogs.suntimes.com/blago/2010/11/blagojevich_retrial_stalls_aga.html

This article illustrates the "watchdog" function of government. The article talks about the Rod Blagojevich case, and the things he was accused of commiting. It talks about Blagojevich's attempts to sell his senate seat, and his relationship with Jesse Jackson Jr. who apparently asked of him to pay to fly a "social acquiantance" to Chicago. This article perfectly illustrates the watchdog function of the media in the way that it reports on crimes commited by a political official.