Entertainment

We are saturated with media. There is no escape. You may manipulate the media or it may manipulate you, but the more you know the more power you have.

	But Can You Dance to It?
	William Congreve once said that "Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." Obviously this was in time before there were amplifiers.
	Televisionary / Film / Vidiots
	I saw it on TV, so it must be TRUE!
	The Media-Industrial Complex
	We no longer have real threats to the American Way of Life, but if the media tells you day after day of some new danger, real or imaginary, you can bet that Congress will be only too happy to allocate the funds to fight that danger. The cycle will continue, campaign funds will be given, and stockholders will get rich off of American taxpayer dollars. That's why a defense contractor like General Electric bought NBC, and another defense contractor named Westinghouse bought ABC. Those are the well-known cases, but they're just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.