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Manufacturing Consent The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Edward S. Herman

Manufacturing The Political Economy of the Mass Media

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

It was mentioned as a book that explores corporate capture of media, particularly concerning reporters and editors not being honest with their audience due to corporate interests.

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Read manufacturing consent, well-trod terrain.

— Episode: 5/12/23: Elizabeth Holmes Returns In NYT...

Episode: 5/12/23: Elizabeth Holmes Returns In NYTimes, Bide...

It was mentioned as a book that explores corporate capture of media, particularly concerning reporters and editors not being honest with their audience due to corporate interests.

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Read manufacturing consent, well-trod terrain.

Philosophize This!

Podcast

Philosophize This!

The hosts highlighted the book as a cornerstone of Noam Chomsky’s influential body of work, noting its role in shaping understanding of media bias and propaganda. Stephen West referenced it as one of the few works by a living philosopher that will be remembered for its prolific impact, and a dedicated episode examined its arguments about the media functioning as a filter for powerful interests. The discussion conveyed strong endorsement of its importance for listeners interested in media theory.

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Episode: Episode #183 ... Is ChatGPT really intelligent?

Noam Chomsky's book, 'Manufacturing Consent,' was mentioned as an example of his influential work and prolific writing. This book was discussed in a previous episode of the podcast.

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We covered his book Manufacturing Consent on this podcast before and for whatever it's worth there are few philosophers, if any, who are alive today that will be remembered as being as prolific, as influential as he's been.

Episode: Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Co...

This book, published in 1988, argues that the news media is a filter between us and reality, and that the media landscape is shaped by the interests of powerful individuals and institutions. This is a significant work that is explored in detail by the podcast.

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Manufacturing Consent, with many other references to Chomsky's later work entitled Media Control.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

make no mistake, the word media is just another word for company.

Journalists are not normally kept under control through top-down intervention, but by journalists' internalization of priorities and definitions of newsworthiness that conform to the institution's policy

I'm not saying that you think you're self-censoring. I'm sure you believe every word that you're saying. What I'm saying is that if you believed something different, you wouldn't be sitting where you're sitting.

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