“We have more freedom of the press than any other country in a similar position. Even way back in the frightened '50s, Communists, for example, could publish their magazine. The KKK published their own books. But face it, the mass media is controlled by money.” WayBookCountryFacesMediaExamplePositionMassPressesMagazinesFrightenedControlledCommunistOther CountriesPublishFreedom Of The PressMass MediaKkk Author:Pete Seeger
“We had much more imagery from Vietnam war. The media was not controlled. The storyline, the master narrative was not controlled. I thin it was some those images really radicalized people and shifted things to some extent. And the Viet Cong also, their tenacity.” PeopleWarMediaMastersNarrativeControlledVietnamImageryVietnam WarTenacityStorylineViet Cong Author:Anne Waldman
“A lot of people are waking up to human history, but so many people have been conditioned by the government controlled media to think that it's cool not to care.” PeopleThinkingHumansHas BeensGovernmentCareMediaWake UpControlledWakingHuman History Author:Alex Jones
“By the end of the millenium five men controlled the world's media. And the people rejoiced, because their TVs told them to.” PeopleMenWorldEndsFiveMediaTvsControlled Author:Michael Moore
“For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda.” PeopleYearsDifferentPastDesireOrderGoalCommunityMediaMilitaryComplexesPursueAgendasControlledProtectedSetting GoalsMilitary Industrial ComplexGoals And Life Author:Lauryn Hill
“The [CIA] Agency has owned outright more than 240 Media operations around the world, including newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, radio and television stations, and wire services, and has partially controlled many more.” WorldHouseMediaTelevisionIncludingRadioNewspapersMagazinesAround The WorldOperationsAgencyStationsControlledPublishingWireCiaPublishing HouseMagazine Publishing Author:Michael Parenti
“One of the best things that's come out of the Seattle protests is the birth of the Independent Media Center. It's not as though the independent media movement wasn't already there, but it's given it another jump-start. There's the feeling that not only should we report on our underground culture and our own situation, but now we have to start telling people what's really going on at a time when everything from CNN to USA Today is as tightly controlled as Tass or Pravda.” PeopleShouldFeelingsTodayCultureGivenSituationMediaMovementBirthIndependentBest ThingsUsaReportsProtestControlledSeattleCnnIndependent Media Author:Jello Biafra
“So by giving people a tool that they can share and benefit from, it's a form of media that isn't controlled by Rupert Murdoch or the guys at Viacom. It is a form of media that is earned every single time it spreads.” PeopleGivingFormGuyShareMediaBenefitsToolsSpreadControlled Author:Seth Godin
“The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes... So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts.” SpeakEffortSituationMediaAreasPressesHumanitarianShySpokesControlledSecretaryPeacekeeping Author:Kofi Annan
“Every revolutionary thinker in America, White, Black, Brown or Red, never got the true representation from the corporate-controlled media.” AmericaBlackWhiteMediaRedCorporateRevolutionaryBrownControlledThinkerRepresentation Author:Louis Farrakhan