>Can you say with certainty that the US government is not controlled by the media corporations either? With certainty? No. US Government is a collection of in

>Can you say with certainty that the US government is not controlled by the media corporations either? With certainty? No. US Government is a collection of individuals theoretically bound by a (very-large) shared text, or program, if you will. Do media corporations have some measure of influence on some of those individuals? Undoubtedly. I am fairly certain that the individuals who make up the US Government are not all on media corporation payrolls. >Judging by the political "activism" regularly displayed by Fox and CNN, I think it's fair to say that the media exerts a lot of control over the executive and legislative branches. This makes sense. US Government is structured such that it arises from the people it is governing. If that structure is to be used, it requires public communication (ie. media).