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Manufacturing Consent

The Political Economy of the Mass Media

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By: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
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In this pathbreaking work, now with a new introduction, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order.

Based on a series of case studies - including the media's dichotomous treatment of "worthy" versus "unworthy" victims, "legitimizing" and "meaningless" Third World elections, and devastating critiques of media coverage of the US wars against Indochina - Herman and Chomsky draw on decades of criticism and research to propose a Propaganda Model to explain the media's behavior and performance. Their new introduction updates the Propaganda Model and the earlier case studies, and it discusses several other applications.

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"[A] compelling indictment of the news media's role in covering up errors and deceptions in American foreign policy of the past quarter century." ( New York Times)
Comprehensive Research • Relevant Examples • Wonderful Narrator • Eye-opening Content • Thought-provoking Analysis

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Crucial info in ttying to understand dominator culture and it's use of mass media to shape & conttol public opinion.

Truth in media for once.

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A convincing case that most of America gets a blue pill as part of childhood immunization.

It's hopeless

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the examples that are given in the book to show case media basis are almost blown out of the water by how the media covers Russias invasion of Ukraine and the genocide that Israel is carrying out in Gaza. Russia does war crimes but Israel has accidentally harmed civilians. more people need to read this.

this outlines exactly what is still happening in the world.

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Informative and thought-provoking, this book will change your view of the US media and government.

A must read

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Packed with information but chapters are organized to make it possible to keep the areas separated while understanding how the chapters relate.

how to see what's behind the apparent

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