Taken from the podesta wikileaks https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3599#searchresult ;
"And as I've mentioned, we've all been quite content to demean government, drop civics and in general conspire to produce an unaware and compliant citizenry. The unawareness remains strong but compliance is obviously fading rapidly. This problem demands some serious, serious thinking - and not just poll driven, demographically-inspired messaging."
Black and white admission the establishment government is using media to knowingly lie to the public. And do so with the intent to keep the average citizen compliant to their wishes and ignorant of reality.