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https://www.thecogent.org/post/the-media-industrial-complex-the-surveillance-state-weapons-of-mass-distraction The Media Industrial Complex Part I: Weapons of Mass-Distraction, Silencing Free Speech Updated: Jun 7, 2021 Todays media industrial complex, with a wave of its hand, enables a privileged political elite to influence billions globally, unrestricted by national borders and unimpeded by the necessary checks and balances which a democratic system would otherwise ensure through public ownership of media assets. An emerging theme in this frame of reference is the global emergency modal, which mandates politicians as the torchbearers of global solutions, whose voice is legitimised in the echo chamber of the media. Indeed, the build-up to COVID-19 was...
