Acronym for the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank complex. The MICIMATT is an extension of the concept of the MIC (Military–industrial complex). The term was coined by Ray McGovern, a former CIA officer turned political activist and critic of US foreign policy.
Rarely do you see calls for a fundamental reset of the failed U.S. foreign policy of perpetual wars and a rethink the global leadership paradigm as the mainstream media are, with rare exceptions, an essential part of the powerful lobby MICIMATT that is actually in charge of this policy.