TRIAL BY MEDIA WHO RULES AMERICA 14' Citations 1. Ranery, James Alle,n, Omaha World-Herald. 2. BGA's Annual Report, 1983, p. 11. 3. U.S. Congressman Paul Findley, They Dare to Speak Out (Lawrence ":U & Company, Publishers, Inc., 520 Riverside Avenue, Westport, Connecticut 06880,1985), p. 70. 4. Knight, Al, Rocky Mountain News, December 18,1983, p. 95. 5. Lilienthal, Alfred M., The Zionist Connection II (North American, Inc., P.O. Box 65, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA, 1982), pp. 314-15. 6. Time Magazine, December 12,1983, p. 85. 7. Diques, Dr. J. C. A. Immigration (Veritas Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 20, Bullsbrook, Western Australia, 6084, Australia), 1985. Grauberger, Janice, Scottsbluff Star-Herald, December 15,1983. Findley, p. 46. Ibid., p. 47. Knight, p. 96. Chapter 12 Who Rules America? Through the Press we have gained the power to influence while remaining ourselves in the shade; thanks to the Press we have got the gold in our hands ... PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED EWERS OF ZIONISM, ABSTRACT FROM PROTOCOL NUMBER TWO There is no greater power in the world today than that wielded by the manipulators ol "public opinion." No king or pope, no conquering general was more powerful than the few dozen men who control America's mass media. Their power is not distant and impersonal; each waking hour it reaches into every American home. It is a persuasive power that shapes and molds the mind of virtually every citizen, young or old, rich or poor, simple or sophisticated. The mass media forms our image of the world and then tells us what to think about that image. Everything we know (or think we know) about events outside our own neighborhood or circle of acquaintances comes to us via radio, television, the daily newspaper or the weekly magazine. It is not only the heavy-handed suppression of selected news stories or the blatant propagandizing of such grossly pro-minority TV extravaganzas such as Roots or Holocaust which characterizes the opinion-manipulating techniques of the media masters. These media manipulators exercise both subtlety and thoroughness in their management and presentation of both news and entertainment. A multitude of things profoundly affect our attitudes. For example, note the way the television news is covered-which. items are emphasized and which are played down, the reporter's choice of words and the commentator's tone of voice, and the choice of headline and illustration. On top of this, of course, the columnists and editors help remove any remaining doubt from our minds as to just what we should think! They guide our thoughts and opinions so that we can be in tune with the "in" crowd, the beautiful people, and the smart money. But the really insidious thing about this form of thought control is that even