[drewblaisdell]

Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model) is probably the best way to understand what the poster is referring to.

[frongpik]

That's a pretty good article. A quote from it: "So I think when we talked about the "fifth filter" we should have brought in all this stuff -- the way artificial fears are created with a dual purpose... partly to get rid of people you don't like but partly to frighten the rest. Because if people are frightened, they will accept authority."