So the Sequester is just another SCAM too?

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66. Media will pursue market.

There are all forms of media. Big, medium, and small. There are multiple television networks and multiple web sites. The 1960's strangulate hold of the big three, ABC, NBC, CBS isn't as "all encompassing" as it used to be. Because of diverse media, there is an increasing echo chamber due to people tuning in to "niche" media that reinforces their views. This explains the extreme gulf between political agendas as many people are not being exposed to alternate views. The biggest influence upon views, however, is daily life. People can discern when their personal life is not going well. For example, glowing job numbers don't mean much to the working poor. Spin can only work to a certain degree.

There is a relatively new form of media called social media. A media that in it's infancy, sparked Arab Spring and Occupy on a global scale. We have not fully realized the effect of social media yet, but government is obviously fearful of it's potential political power. Early evidence indicates that despite the huge volume of Super Pac money in political campaigns, there are examples of social media being up to the task in combating it rather effectively.

Media has reached the point of near sensory overload. There is early evidence that despite market saturation due to the huge volume of Citizens United induced money, a relatively broke candidate like Rick Santorum can defeat Mitt Romney in a few states where he is outspent at 100:1.

This is the information age and free speech is undergoing a Renaissance. Hence, a big push by political powers to get it under "control". We will see great effort in the near future to "contain" it.

It may take a few decades before we see the full effect of the information age and the efforts to control it. It will prove to be the next great political battlefield.