The mainstream news media are controlled by the federal government, and I can prove it with 5 words:
Martin Luther King conspiracy trial.
What was the Martin Luther King conspiracy trial, you ask? Never heard of it? I hadn’t either, till fairly recently.
Ever since King was assasinated, many, including his family, believed that he was gunned down by a government conspiracy, not a lone nut. In 1999 the family of MLK brought a civil suit in Memphis Tennessee alleging such a government conspiracy. The jury agreed with the Kings, and found that they had proved their case.
It’s interesting enough that a jury found a government conspiracy to murder the civil rights leader. What’s profoundly interesting is that, while local TV news in Memphis reported the story, it was never covered in any national news outlet. Not ABC, not CBS, not NBC. Not CNN and not FOX. Not AP and not Reuters.
Think about it. Martin Luther King was a man for whom there is now a federal holiday, a trial takes place alleging conspiracy, and this isn’t news!?!? Forget O.J. Simpson, this really was the trial of the century.
The only explanation that makes any sense to me it that damaging news stories can be spiked at the national level. Does anybody care to offer another plausible explanation?