“The news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class—the people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn’t want you to know something, it won’t be on the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and then rarely followed up.” — George Carlin, quoted here I want to put three ideas together and see if they synergize for you.

Source: ‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need and What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End? | The Smirking Chimp