Originally posted by Maverick
This is a bit odd. I see it the other way around in the last 20 years nowand has become more and more blatant in the last couple elections. The trend was innitially subtle but unmistakable, at least IMO.
The media controls the govt. (policy in particular)
The media controls the people (tells them what to think by selecting carefully the material and how it is "fed" to the people)
The people elect the govt. the media has selected for it's support and manipulation.
You've almost got it right. The same people control the government and the media, it isn't a media controls the government thing.
The same people that own the media buy politicians.
That is one reason why America is a "classless" society, because the media has convinced poor people they are "middle class". Both political parties buy into that, the Democrats occasionally need reconditioning (usually around important elections).
