Originally posted by tututkamen
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"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media."
- William Colby, former Director of the CIA
Yes, TT, that's true. People in this country are suffering terribly from cognitive dissonance. They desperately do not want to believe
or know
that the mainstream media is nothing but a propaganda organ for the corporate/government elite. They have all
pretty much been infiltrated and
are controlled. The control actually starts in J-school.
To work for a major newspaper, one just about
has to have a Journalism degree. They have to be properly indoctrinated into the pack
J-mentality. It's hilarious. Well, not really, though. It's more like sickening. Journalists in this country are just as indoctrinated as military
recruits are. Take that to the bank.
Between control from the top and the pack mentality, you get nothing but local fluff and BS. A Copy Editor friend of mine - a Vietnam vet (Airborne
Infantry) - wrote a scathing and vivid editorial opposing the invasion of Iraq last March. It made it through the maze to the copy desk where it was
being plugged in and the top brass caught wind of it and killed it. I suppose he wasn't supposed to inform people of just how brutal this thing was
gonna get. Get that folks? The top brass doesn't think
you the people can handle the truth. Bastards.
[Edited on 19-09-2003 by EastCoastKid]