Exploitation by the Mainstream Media?

After receiving the same information,

what are the chances of 100 people thinking relatively the same thing

or acting in a similar way?

 

34% of Americans said the First Amendment goes too far.

 

46% believed the press was too free.

 

28% felt newspapers shouldn’t publish articles

without government approval.

 

31% wanted war protest outlawed during war.

 

State of the First Amendment Survey

University of Connecticut, 2003

 

Are you in grave danger of being slaughtered by terrorists?

 

...the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

 

All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked,

and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism,

and exposing the country to danger.

 

It works the same in any country.

 

Hermann Goering

Have your neighbors been conditioned to think

what they otherwise wouldn’t?

 

You cannot make a man

by standing a sheep on its hind legs.

 

But by standing a flock of sheep in that position,

you can make a crowd of men.

 

Max Beerbohm

 

Can corporate representatives politicians and media personalities

present information inconsistent with constituent need?

 

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

 

Lenin