The standout track from Van Morrison‘s just-released “Latest Record Project, Volume 1” is called “They Control The Media.” Reaction #1: A slam against your concentrated, corporate-level news, media and entertainment cabal. Reaction #2: As Morrison has become a full-on reactionary, it’s pretty clear he’s not talking about Fox News. Reaction #3: It also seems as if he’s passing along an anti-Semitic trope when he says “they.”

They tell us that ignorance is bliss
I guess by those that control the media, it is
They own the media, they control the stories we are told
If you ever try to go against them, you will be ignored

‘Cause they control
They control
They control

They control the narrative, they perpetuate the myth
Keep on telling you lies, tell you ignorance is bliss
Believe it all and you’ll never get, nеver get wise
To thе truth, ’cause they control everything you do

Everything you do
Everything you do
Everything you do

They control the narrative, they perpetuate the myth
Keep on telling you lies, tell you ignorance is bliss
Believe it all and you’ll never get the truth
Never get wise, wise through their lies