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* The classic example of Type 2 - [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'', where the government control was so intensive that they had an entire department devoted to altering historical records.
* The entire news media in ''[[World War Z]]'' is portrayed as Type 4. Their quest for ratings is partly responsible for the disaster at Yonkers, which starts the Great Panic. They also cross over with Type 1 when they hype up Phalanx, a vaccine for [[The Virus|the zombie virus]] (which was then believed to be a strain of rabies) which turns out to be little more than a placebo.
* ''The Daily Prophet'' from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series is solidly Type 2, especially in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''. In fact, the newspaper is such a mouthpiece for the Ministry of Magic that it seems quite happy to simply change its views whenever a new Minister comes into power.
* [[Orson Scott Card]]'s novel ''[[Empire]]'' depicts pretty much every media outlet except for [[Fox News]] as a left-wing Type 3.
* ''[[America (The Book)]]'' contains a one-page [[Take That]] at the media for abdicating their responsibilities of fact-checking government processes in favor of ratings, pointing out how, when America was getting ready to invade Iraq, the media was covering the finale of ''[[Friends]]'' and the [[If It Bleeds, It Leads|Kobe Bryant rape case]]. It also mocks political cartoons like ''[[Mallard Fillmore]]'' and ''[[Doonesbury]]'' for letting their politics get in the way of the humor.
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