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The '''Media-intelligence complex''' is an informal alliance between the nation's [[intelligence community]] and the [[mainstream media]] which  seen together is a vested interest influencing [[public opinion]] and [[policy]]. A driving factor in this relationship between the [[government]] and corporate media is that both sides benefit.  

The '''Media-intelligence complex''' is an informal alliance between the nation's [[intelligence community]] and the [[mainstream media]] which  seen together is a vested interest influencing [[public opinion]] and [[policy]].<ref>https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/trump-is-challenging-the-whole-cia-media-nexus/ </ref> A driving factor in this relationship between the [[government]] and corporate media is that both sides benefit.  

The term has come to be used in reference to the system behind the intelligence community of the [[United States]], where it is most prevalent. Its origin is borrowed from a term in the farewell address of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], warning of the dangers of the [[military-industrial complex]]. Unlike the [[military]], there is no tradition of outside [[civilian]] control of the Intelligence Community, which has exploded in size and influence since Eisenhower's day.

The term has come to be used in reference to the system behind the intelligence community of the [[United States]], where it is most prevalent. Its origin is borrowed from a term in the farewell address of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], warning of the dangers of the [[military-industrial complex]]. Unlike the [[military]], there is no tradition of outside [[civilian]] control of the Intelligence Community, which has exploded in size and influence since Eisenhower's day.