Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably
control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information
(press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed
in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to
objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political
rights.
-- Albert Einstein "Why Socialism?" Monthly Review (May
1949).
http://www.monthlyreview.org/598einst.htm