To ensure that his speeches were well reported and hoping to influence public opinion, Rhodes bought a controlling interest in the Cape Argus, the main newspaper in the Colony. The deal ... was concluded in the utmost secrecy. Rhodes wanted the Argus to support him but to retain the semblance of an independent newspaper. - Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa, by Martin Meredith
в общем тут нечего добавить, разве что вспомнить Questions on Direction: In 2007, he started a free daily there, Israel Hayom, and has used it as a powerful weapon in support of the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
public opinion my ass
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