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The Media Cartel That Controls What You Think

by L. Wolfe

Printed in The American Almanac, May 5, 1997

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In the days just before and after Easter weekend, the New York Stock exchange fell some 300 points on the
``Down Jones'' index; this was accompanied by similar precipitous collapses in financial markets around the
globe. All this was occurring precisely as the world's leading physical economist, Lyndon LaRouche, had
forecast: This was not some ``minor correction;'' the world financial system was suffering a major shock, on a
scale greater than the October 1987 crash. LaRouche, in making his forecast months earlier, had warned that
while the market events at the end of March-April was not the ``big one'' -- the single event that would lead to an
almost overnight disintegration of the world financial system -- it was an important marker on the road in that
direction. Most importantly, Mr. LaRouche had indicated that there was now no hope of saving the existing
system, and that the hyperinflated markets would come crashing to earth; there was no bottom on how far the
markets might fall. Only a fool would continue to have faith in the ability of these collapsing markets to recover
and to resume the march upward of inflated financial paper and stocks.

On the afternoon of March 27, as Wall Street, despite its ``circuit breakers'' being put into effect, appeared in free
fall, there were reports of the beginning of panic selling, of the type that could produce an even greater disaster.

The Anglo-American establishment now brought into play a propaganda machine that would have aroused the
envy of Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels. It had completely censored LaRouche's forecast and
warnings, playing up instead the myth of the ``great bull market.'' Now, as that market collapsed, it pumped out
through its various media sewers the ``Big Lie'' that the markets were undergoing an expected and prediscounted
correction, caused in part by a long-expected Federal Reserve hike in interest rates; the economy was
``fundamentally sound,'' and there was no reason to dump stocks, bonds and other paper. That such reporting
was known to be a lie by those orchestrating it, can be seen from reports in the London press over the last
month, that indicated the probable near-term meltdown of the financial system.

Americans, whose life savings were heavily invested in the markets through pension funds, mutual funds, and
other indexed ``investments,'' were now presented with a lie, intended to reinforce their support for a possible
later rescue attempt of the already-collapsing system, while keeping them ``in'' the market.

Each of the three leading television networks, on their widely-watched evening news shows, had several minute
reports on the market events, featuring commentators spouting the ``don't panic'' line; so did public television's
``The News Hour,'' as did the various cable news channels, followed by the local television outlets, on their
evening news broadcasts. This was followed up by near-uniform reporting of the events, cast in the above
editorial light, in the print media, often quoting the same ``experts'' seen blabbering on television; these reports
filtered down through the media sewer lines to even small ``Hometown, USA'' press, radio, and television
outlets through the wire services, such as Associated Press and Reuters.

When the markets opened after Easter weekend, stocks continued their downward slide. But, poll results showed
that the average citizen had decided to stay in the markets--at least for the time being. The ``Big Lie'' machine
had done its job.

The Media Cartel

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What is this propaganda machine that is, by orders of magnitude, more powerful than any conceived by
Goebbels, and far more insidious? A recent report by an EIR magazine research team showed that the American
media, which has such a powerful reach into the daily lives of our citizens, is dominated by a cartel composed of
a relative handful of powerful multinational, multimedia conglomerates. That cartel, in turn, is dominated, and
effectively controlled by companies that are either directly owned by the British, or are controlled through
banking and other connections, by British agents-of-influence. In other words a cartel controlled by a foreign
power disseminates our news, telling us what it wants us to know about any given subject. As the report shows,
often what it chooses not to report is even more significant than what is reported, as has been the case with
ongoing misreporting of the financial system collapse.

Nor should one pay too much attention to the various internecine squabbles among the media moguls, such as
the ongoing battle between Time-Warner-Turner's Ted Turner and News Corporation-FOX-TV's Rupert
Murdoch. Such a battle might mean billions for one or the other combattant, depending on the outcome, but that
outcome will leave the overall cartel-control of media, intact.

There is a dawning recognition in some quarters that information is being managed. For example, early this year,
the White House released a study it had done in 1995 of what it accurately called the ``media food chain'' that
was circulating scurrilous attacks on President Clinton. While correctly pointing to the British origin of some of
the key attacks, and then describing how they were circulated through such ``conservative'' or ``right wing''
media outlets, including the Washington Times and the American Spectator, it avoided dealing with the insidious
role of such ``liberal'' papers as the Washington Post and New York Times in the same operation.

Similarly, it is common to hear conservatives rail against the ills of the ``liberal'' media, while avoiding the role
of the ``conservative'' media in circulating and promoting treasonous causes.

As the EIR report demonstrates, the labels ``liberal media'' or ``right-wing media'' are too imprecise, and are
often used to inflame the passions of those at whom they are directed. In that way, such labels help to conceal
the true nature of the problem: The ``left'' or ``liberal'' media, and its ``right'' or ``conservative'' counterparts, are
all part of a single media brainwashing operation, whose elements are tailored to give the appearance of
difference, for the purpose of snaring in their traps, the largest number of our duped citizens.

But even those citizens who complain about ``media manipulation,'' continue to consume media output in record
amounts. It is not uncommon for a person to subscribe to several newspapers and magazines, including some
from the so-called ``alternative media,'' as well as nearly one hundred cable channels. The 1995 Statistical
Abstract of the United States, includes charts (pages 564 and 568), whose information we publish with this
feature showing that the average American spends more than 1,600 hours a year, either watching television
(network or cable), or reading newspapers and magazines. That translates to 66 full days--or more than one
quarter of all waking hours--more time than is even spent on the job. And, these figures do not include time
spent watching rented videos, or in ``surfing'' on the Internet.

But instead of bringing us closer to the truth, this increased volume of manipulated information and ``facts''
produces a schwärmerei. There is no real knowledge here, only confusion. Ultimately, that confusion leads
towards increasing passivity, and with it, the destruction of the will to seek truth.

Some years ago, an audio tape manufacturer ran a clever advertizing campaign, comparing the quality of a
performance recorded on its tape and the live perfomance. ``Is it live, or is it Memorex?'' the announcer asked,
making the point that there appeared to be no difference. However, in the reporting of current history there is a
very big difference between reality, between events located in their proper historical context, and in the ``virtual
reality'' created by the reportage of ``the news'' by the media cartel.

Reflect for a moment on the question of the existence of the economic collapse. Why did a majority of our
citizens apparently choose to ignore reality, and to accept the ``virtual reality'' that the crisis could be managed?
As those who run the ``Big Lie Machine'' understand, people would rather cling to assumptions that are
comforting, even if false, than to discard such assumptions and venture into what is new and unknown. The

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``virtual reality'' created by the media, tells citizens what they would prefer to hear -- even though their
preference for unreality will ultimately lead to the destruction of our nation.

Thus, when dealing with the media cartel, one should rephrase the ``Memorex'' challenge: Is what is being
reported real or is it ``virtual reality?'' To the extent that our citizens remain passive spectators to a self-serving
``virtual reality'' created by media cartel, the destruction of our nation is assured.

Below we present edited sections of the EIR report, ``The Media Cartel That Controls What You Think,'' printed
in its Jan. 17, 1997 issue.

The Cartelization of the Media, by Jeffrey Steinberg, The American Almanac,, May 5, 1997.
Direct British Control of the U.S. Media, The American Almanac,, May 5, 1997.
Brainwashing: How The British Use the Media For Mass Psychological Warfare, by L. Wolfe, The
American Almanac,, May 5, 1997.
British "Fellow Travellers" Control Major U.S. Media, by Jeffrey Steinberg, The American Almanac,,
May 5, 1997.
Tavistock's Language Project: The Origin of "Newspeak", The American Almanac,, May 5, 1997.
For Whom The Polls Toll, by L. Wolfe, The American Almanac,, May 5, 1997.

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The preceding article is a rough version of the article that appeared in The American Almanac. It is made
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