I have been hearing about the evil influences of our corporate masters on our helpless minds since I got into college.

Without exception, the person pointing out these things is somehow himself immune. No doubt because they are Better and Wiser people than us proles, or maybe it's just the tinfoil hat. The far-right looney...er..."conservative populist" site you linked to seems ironic when brainwashing is discussed. For a good time, scroll down the titles at the left of the page. You really need to stop hanging out in such places.

There was a big flap once about some guy who saw the word "sex" in pretty much every ad he looked at. This lost momentum when it was realized that only he was seeing it. The Hoagland of advertising.