Eisenhower didn't go far enough. It's way beyond a "Military Industrial Complex" it's a "All parts of Government Media Industrial Complex."
Every aspect of business that is touched by Government has become colluded with special interests. The lure of abundant tax payer money (and government borrowed money) is simply too powerful for these corrupt people to resist.
And they *OWN* the media. That's why it's liberal, and that's why we never hear information detrimental to these people.
You are correct, and I will go a step further. Smedley Butler was right.