There is a chilling effect that stops people from coming forward when whistleblowers are ignored, undermined, and surveilled when they try to come forward to uncover corruption.
That is how the Pentagon was able to spend $21 trillion in unaccounted spending over two decades.
it took me a long time to apreciate the term "the controlled media", but it sure is on point.
It's not so much remote control but more of a willing subservience in exchange for breadcrumbs(information) from time to time and constant privileged access to big animals in politics and government.