Corporate Controlled Media
We live in a world where, most would agree, there is a lot that goes on that we will never know about. For some of us, one of the most liberating things is the ability to be a skeptic – to open our eyes and deal with the world not with naivete, but with a questioning mind. Indeed, there are plenty who champion the internet and social media for being a way of getting the facts to people without a filter and without bias.
Indeed, there are so many ways that the information age could completely shift the oligarchical collectivism of the power structures of the world in favor of individuals instead of institutions. So, instead of expanding our reach of information – instead of inspiring individuals to dig for truth and research for realness – the institutional powers-that-be are constricting the field of information. This is particularly obvious with recent challenges to net neutrality — neutrality that 87% of average Americans support, but which institutions are nonetheless seeking to destroy. #mainstreammedia #informationage #netneutrality
How it is possible that the president can bomb a foreign country or threaten a full-scale international war without so much as even mentioning the need for Congress to chime in, let alone actually vote on a declaration of war? The short answer is disinformation and propaganda, which is the domain of mainstream media. When people are confused, when the truth is hidden, when agendas are presented as life or death options, and when the public has no clue about which laws government is bound to, then anything goes. #disinformation