« We believe that, among other functions, these media engage in propaganda that serves the interests of the powerful firms that control them by funding them and whose representatives are well placed to guide information. Such an intervention is generally quite subtle: it involves the s e l e c tion of a whole well-thinking staff and the internalization, among journalists and editors, of certain definitions of what should be printed as a priority, in accordance with the political line of the institution. »

« Education is not about filling a container but rather about accompanying the hatching of a plant (in other words, preparing the ground where creativity will flourish). »

« "In totalitarian countries, the state decides the line to follow and then everyone has to comply. Democratic societies operate differently. The line is never stated as such, it is implied. We're sort of brainwashing. And even the passionate debates in the mainstream media are within the framework of the implied parameters agreed, which hold on the edge of many contrary points of view. The system of control of democratic societies is very effective; it instills the guideline as the air we breathe. We do not notice, and we sometimes imagine that we are in the presence of a particularly vigorous debate. Basically, it is infinitely more efficient than totalitarian systems. » »