These guys, people destroying their home town because their team won a championship, soccer hooligans killing each other... Yet we can't muster a few million to march on Washington and demand our gov get their shit straight...
the US is a nation of sheep all under the control of 6 large corporations that control all the hundreds of media outlets.
For example, if you watch NBC, A&E and the History channel, you are watching exclusively General Electric content. General Electric also owns Universal Pictures, Crime & Investigation Network, and GE Aviation. GE Aviation produces critical parts for the F-14, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-22 and F-35 fighters. General Electric also owns over 3.3 million shares of Corrections Corp of America stock, valued at well over $84M as of this writing. Despite reporting profits in excess of $14,000,000,000, GE was able to avoid paying any taxes in 2010.
Walt Disney owns ABC (along with all networks operating under the ABC banner), ESPN, Lifetime, part of The History Channel, and over 20 other channels. Touchstone Pictures, Miramax, Pixar, Marvel Studios, and 277 radio stations across the United States are also owned by the Walt Disney corporation.
News Corp owns over 120 channels across the world, including Fox News Channel, FX, National Geographic, Sky News, and ESPN Star Sports. More than 150 newspapers worldwide are owned by News Corp, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Market Watch and Dow Jones Newswire. 20th Century Fox Pictures, Fox Searchlight, and more than 15 other movie studios are also owned by News Corp.
Time Warner owns CNN, HBO, truTV, TNT, TBS, and over 20 more channels worldwide. Time Warner also has a big stake in Hollywood with their ownership of Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, and more.
Viacom owns MTV, Comedy Central, Spike TV, BET, and VH1. Viacom also owns Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, and has a stake in Rhapsody. iFilm.com, XFire, GT.tv, GameTrailers.com, and Neopets are owned & operated by Viacom as well.
CBS operates over 30 television stations and 130 radio stations across the United States. Book publisher Simon & Schuster, CNet.com, GameSpot, Last.fm, NCAAsports.com and NFL.com are also owned by CBS.