>>... The difference between the state controlled media and the corporate media is diminishing daily - they just have different agenda, the M.O. is pretty much the same. And yes, there are truly free media, which are truly powerless, being limited in reach to only those who are looking for them on the web.
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>I believe the state and the media are both controlled, both by the same entities, maybe not to the same extent. Of course, to really "know" this, you'd have to be at the very top of those entities. Even then, I have no doubt it will be impossible to disclose all the relevant facts.


The state and the mdeia are not controlled by the same forces, even if it seems that way sometimes. That is an old world idea. One of the things that burns me up about the now ritualized media-bashing (some of it deserved) is that we don't know how good we have it. The media have the right to print and broadcast everything they consider news. In many countries that could get you killed, literally.