"the news" is a filter on the vast flow of data about what happens in the world everyday. it has been the traditional filter for so long that it is accepted as

"the news" is a filter on the vast flow of data about what happens in the world everyday. it has been the traditional filter for so long that it is accepted as reality by nearly everyone. It is easier to control people than most think. You don't even have to lie, you just have to control which truths they are exposed to. Control the filter, control the people. This isn't especially sinister like progressives would have us believe. The corporations aren't out to create 1984. They just want to make profit. So they control our filter with profit as a motivation. What we want/believe is a filter that has truth as its motivation. The reason the media is dangerous is because people think it is latter while it is really the former. As soon as you realize that a source of data is trying to sell you something, that source should be immediately suspect.