Does the US media serve the public or is it a HR dept. for the ruling class?

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10. Both...

depends on the source. Frustrating that so many people are dependent on one source, and it's the television. You'd think it was something new, but it isn't. Media is influence. I remember reading a long time ago, the super-rich always own a newspaper, a bank, and enough investments that their money does all the work for them, so they never touch the principle. That book was written in the 60's. Not much has changed. Even though media and finance has been consolidated to 'too big to fail' proportions, the same people probably still owe the largest shares.