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those which involve the death and maiming of hundreds of individuals, in order to “contrive
new ways to bind and guide the world...” In the eyes of these hidden rulers, the end justifies the
means.

In a word, the policy by which mankind must be ruled in an age of democracy is “Deception.” The
true powers which rule the world can never be content to allow the masses to rule. The elite will
permit the masses only to have the illusion of self-rule. In actual practice the masses continue to be
governed by a trifling fraction of men, those who possess the wealth of this world. These
“Illuminati,” or “Enlightened Ones,” rule the masses through deception, and the media is their chief
instrument to disseminate this deception.

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In the early to mid decades of the 20 century, printed media began to be replaced by electronic
media. First the radio, and then the television became dominant forms of mass media. In the book
Strategic Public Relations by Barbara Diggs-Brown, the author writes of the rise of television to a
place of ascendancy in mass media.

The Rise of Television: Instant Opinion Making

In the years following World War II, television came of age and became an important force in
forming public opinion. Although still a young medium, television had been around for a while. The
first broadcast occurred on April 7, 1927, when then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s
remarks were transmitted live over telephone lines from Washington, D.C., to New York City:
“Today we have, in a sense, the transmission of sight for the first time in the world’s history.” On
September 4, 1951, President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service when
AT&T carried his address to the United Nations in San Francisco to viewers as far away as New
England.

During the 1950s, as television sets became more affordable and programming more varied,
millions of Americans brought television into their homes, making it the dominant mass media. The
power of television to sell opinion and products, as well as to entertain, was not lost on American
politicians, journalists, and business leaders. Television became a prime medium for molding public
opinion...

The Kennedy Years: Television, PR, and the Presidency

As New York Times columnist Frank Rich has noted, John F. Kennedy did for television what
Roosevelt did for radio: made the medium into a “political force.” By the time Kennedy was elected
president in November 1960, 90 percent of American households owned a television. Kennedy
recognized the power of the medium and became the first president to use television to speak directly
to voters.

The first of four televised debates between Kennedy and his opponent, Vice President Richard Nixon
- known as the Great Debates - was held on September 26, 1960. An estimated 70 million Americans
tuned in to the contest, which marked television’s entrance into presidential politics. The broadcast
highlighted the visual contrast between the two men. Kennedy was at ease and looked tan, confident,
and rested. Nixon was pale and underweight, having just spent two weeks in the hospital for a knee