> the larger media is the original

Concentration of media ownership has not been a constant factor over the past several decades and several laws have been changed to alter this reality in that time frame. As the purveyors of news get bought up and consolidated, it has almost certainly made this "information control" problem worse.

> Surveillance is a very complicated technical

"The government is spying on you" is not exceptionally complicated or technical. The fourth amendment is widely known and understood.