What do we know, and what are we allowed to know? It seems to me that the forces controlling the flow of information wield disproportionate power in this world. One does not have to involve conspiracy theories to conclude that we are being played. Why are certain critics silenced so forcefully? Who stands to gain?
Due to the loss of advertising revenue, what major media outlet is going to turn-down major funding ?
They should be disclosing all funding for transparency.
If this were true, Bill Gates wouldn't be getting all the negative press that he gets. For a man who has put his billions to more good use than any of the world's richest, he gotten trashed pretty good. I admire the guy very much. I don't think he's tried to control journalism at all.