Media Complicity in Decades of Great Harm Upon Americans and National Interests For the past 40 years, insiders have been providing information and evidence on ongoing corruption in government, followed by cover-ups. In this way, some of the worst tragedies suffered by the American people have been made possible. Among the latest being the hijacking of four airliners and the greatest financial crisis since the great financial depression of the 1930s. For those few people wanting to know details, check the following sampling of sites, and also the books that detail this relationship. Media complicity over the years. Media notices. Sampling of letters to media people. Lawsuits against media sources on basis of their cover-ups of criminal activities.