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/^t/Massive broadcasting information has become popular and extremely necessary during the last period. A modern man while being deprived of the access to the latest news feels like trapped and cut off the outside world. In the past such an access to the information was rather limited taking into consideration slower and less developed system of communication. Nowadays, modern inventions, e.g. Internet make it possible to get or pass certain information almost immediately after it becomes available. Moreover, being in possession of the important news makes a particular person or group of people capable of taking the control over its diffusion and the way of presenting it. Undoubtedly, such ability to control gives enormous power, that can easily be exploited and used to manipulate people's opinions and reactions. The question arises whether it is really possible to change people's way of thinking having better access to the information than others, and presenting people with the artificial view of reality.