> There are literal mountains of sociological studies on how (state and corporate) media have been in service of the powers that be, for __millennia__, and how

> There are literal mountains of sociological studies on how (state and corporate) media have been in service of the powers that be, for __millennia__, and how exactly this works. Fixed it. There are historical evidence that this has gone on in some form or fashion in ancient empires (e.g., Roman, Egyptian, Chinese), be it written or the town crier. There have always been people who knew this was going on, spoke up, but were considered crackpot, conspiracy theorist, or simply beheaded.