> And billions of dollars in influencers, interest groups and activists. Elon Musk is singularly as wealthy as the Mormon Church. Art and music narratives. You

> And billions of dollars in influencers, interest groups and activists. Elon Musk is singularly as wealthy as the Mormon Church. Art and music narratives. You're arguing against yourself. Musk has a clear political allegiance. Same with Ellison and Bezos and the Koch brothers and the Sinclair Media group. It's a clear example of the Manufacturing Consent model operating in practice. And that's just the "mainstream" media. Connecting political influencers and content creators to funding and information sources is a big deal, e.g. https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/dark-money-group-paying-pro-democrat-influencers-up-to-8k-a-month-report/ https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/dark-money-group-payi... (Relevant to the topic: note the well-known political alignment of the NY Post and how it might affect reporting on a topic like this. I think I had a homework assignment like this in 10th grade.) Under the current administration we have the president and FCC openly threatening and pressuring media companies, but that's just them being more bold and arrogant than in the past. There are many ambiguous and uncertain things in this world, but there is very, very clearly a directional flow of messaging and alignment from powerful people and organizations with particular political alignments to the media organizatinos that they control and/or fund.