“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind” – Jim Morrison
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” – Edward R. Murrow
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”-Thomas Paine
“Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.” New York Times Co. v. United States – US Supreme Court – June 30, 1971
“The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty” – Adlai E. Stevenson (American Politician. Governor of Illinois (1949-53) and Ambassador to the United Nations (1961-65). 1900 -1965)
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
Massive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of mergers and acquisitions, these companies have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read.