re: Has it always been this fricked up, but they are now exposed for their corruption?

Thanks to the media we can get "some" of the news in real time instead of reading about corruption in history books. Our media "sources", however, are questionable given that they "bow to their master's" agenda (thinking MSNBC for one). And, of course, the media passes on what they garner from the CIA, FBI, etc., agencies with their own credibility issues.