Censorship Abounds: The Handful of Companies That Control Your Perceptions

Christina Sarich

Almost all the media channels you watch are controlling your perception of reality – namely to get you to value their commodities (goods and services) instead of yourself and your own morals and values. This affects you at every level, from the food you eat, the friends you are more likely to make, the goods your purchase, and even the careers you choose or education you decide to get. It also affects your self worth, as you believe you are only as good as the things you can buy or the ‘hot’ woman you can take out, since sex and money are the primary ways media motivates you.

The world has become censored in ways you wouldn’t even imagine in both covert and overt ways. Let’s look at the six major corporations who control every single media station that you probably peruse on a daily basis:

Comcast – formerly owned by GE, controls MSNBC, NBC and Telemundo
Disney – controls ESPN, the History Channel, A & E and Lifetime
Viacom – the parent company of Paramount, BET and MTV
CBS – and its dozens of affiliates
Newscorp – controls Fox News, New York Post, Wall Street Journal
Time Warner – controls CNN, Time, People Magazine and Warner Brothers

Recent egregious, top-down censorship incidents include the following: