Pop-culture directed by the media plus government mind control machine

Toledo Talk thread that informed me of this story.
http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/158429/Go_George_Go

and my comment ...

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Man, I got duped by this thread's title. I thought it was going to be an interesting factoid about a children's book or game. Oh well.

At least with this thread, I can now say that I'm up-to-date with pop culture, which is obviously an area that I lack in. I guess that's what happens when I don't follow the so-called traditional media sources.

So I just checked the front page of Drudgereport.com. Clearly, it's a popular story, since that site lists at least 16 story links on the subject at the top of the site.

But I don't understand the math on this story. Murder trials occur across the U.S. every day. Why did this one get hand-selected by the government and the media to be, apparently, a top issue? Why are people so emotional about this? Why the concern?

A story posted at Drudge:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362829/George-Zimmerman-verdict-Hundreds-voice-disappointment-Trayvon-Martin-case.html

Apparently, protests occurred in multiple cities across the U.S. after the verdict. Again, these actions do not compute with me. A more valid protest would be protesting the U.S. government's abuse of power by spying on Americans.

Isn't this trial a classic example of how the media-plus-government apparatus can control the public's interests and thoughts. The media-plus-government succeeded in riling up many people. Kudos to the mind-control machine. The zombies are indeed alive and well, but they're easily manipulated.

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