Caitlin Johnstone:  If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire, in almost the same way you’d expect them to if they were government-run propaganda outlets. …  what you find is a much larger, much less centralized network of factors which tips the scales of media coverage to the advantage of the US empire and the forces which benefit from it. … Some of it is indeed conspiratorial in nature and happens in secret, but most of it is essentially out in the open. … Read here …