Rare media articles expose how the mass media manipulate public opinion

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"Media manipulation currently shapes everything you read, hear and watch online. Everything."
-- Forbes magazine article on mass media influence, 7/16/2012

The influence of the mass media on public perception is widely acknowledged, yet few know the incredible degree to which this occurs. Key excerpts from the rare, revealing mass media news articles below show how blatantly the media sometimes distort critical facts, omit vital stories, and work hand in hand with the military-industrial complex to keep their secrets safe and promote greedy and manipulative corporate agendas.


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[link to www.examiner.com]

Yes indeed. Many people have been aware of it for a long time (not everyone goes through life sleeping) and ever more are starting to learn it.

So in the light of these facts, isn't it strange that Forbes Magazine, a media outlet you would think represents perfectly what we know as "the lite", would "expose" this ?