From: teebus@cox.net   
      
   A mind is like a parachute, it works best when it is open.   
      
   Some things to factor in the process of formulating an opinion on any   
   issue  with "public policy" implications-(far from a complete list)   
      
   1.  Follow the Money/Who stands to benefit   
      
   2. Consider the source- *NOTE: Most of the worlds media is   
   consolidated in a relatively small number of global corporate   
   conglomerates(see below).   
      
   3.  If you do not know the meaning of the following terms look them   
   up: HEGELIAN DIALECTIC-as relates to thesis-antithesis-synthesis and   
   the Problem/Reaction/Solution technique for control of the masses.   
      
   No matter your political persuasion I highly recommend you view the   
   following documentaries on Google Video "PROPAGANDA in AMERICA" and   
   "The MONEY MASTERS".   
      
      
   *Media Ownership By corporation   
      
       * Disney, "New" Viacom (and its former parent CBS Corporation, the   
   former "Old" Viacom), TimeWarner, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp,   
   Bertelsmann AG, and General Electric together own more than 90% of the   
   media holdings in the United States. Among other assets, Disney owns   
   ABC, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, ESPN, and Miramax Films; CBS   
   Corporation owns CBS, CBS Radio (formerly Infinity Radio)Simon &   
   Schuster editing group, etc.; Time Warner owns CNN, Time, AOL, etc.;   
   Bertelsmann owns Arvato, Direct Group, RTL Group (which owns M6 TV   
   channel, VOX and Five), etc.   
       * Lagardère Group owns Hachette Filipacchi Médias, which is the   
   largest magazine publisher in the world, 100% of Lagardère Media, 34%   
   of CanalSat, and Hachette Livre (as well as parts in the European   
   military aerospace EADS company).   
       * Vivendi owns Canal + Group.   
       * Edouard de Rothschild has 37% of French left-wing daily   
   Libération since 2005, while arms company Dassault owns 82% of the   
   Socpresse, which controls conservative Le Figaro, in which the Carlyle   
   Group previously had 40%, as well as L'Express. Le Monde is owned by   
   La Vie Le Monde, which also controls Télérama and other publications   
   of La Vie Catholique, as well as 51% of Le Monde diplomatique.   
       * French Bouygues company owns 42.9% of TF1 TV channel, and is the   
   parent company of Bouygues Télécom.   
       * Rupert Murdoch, the media magnate, apart of News Corp., also   
   owns British News of the World, The Sun, The Times, and The Sunday   
   Times, as well as the Sky Television network, which merged with   
   British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB; in the US, he owns the   
   Fox Networks and the New York Post. Since 2003, he also owns 34% of   
   DirecTV Group (formerly Hughes Electronics), operator of the largest   
   American satellite TV system, DirecTV, and Intermix Media (creators of   
   myspace.com) since 2005. See also Murdoch Newspaper List.   
       * Modern Times Group, quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, owns   
   Viasat TV network and Metro International, which is the world's   
   largest chain of free newspapers, publishing 57 daily Metro editions   
   in 18 countries. It was started as a direct competitor of 20 Minuten.   
       * UK Daily Mail and General Trust plc   
       * Bolloré, owned by Vincent Bolloré, who is Havas's main   
   share-holder and president and UK group Aegis' first share-holder.   
   Bolloré owns Direct 8 French TV channel.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)