War By Media And The Triumph Of Propaganda

Here is a very timely essay by John Pilger:

The times we live in are so dangerous and so distorted in public perception that propaganda is no longer, as Edward Bernays called it, an "invisible government". It is the government. It rules directly without fear of contradiction and its principal aim is the conquest of us: our sense of the world, our ability to separate truth from lies.

http://johnpilger.com/articles/war-by-media-and-the-triumph-of-propaganda