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  • The Political Economy of the Mass Media
  • Written by: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
  • Narrated by: John Pruden
  • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (110 ratings)

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Manufacturing Consent

Written by: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
Narrated by: John Pruden
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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)

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Chomsky is a genius.

He is connects the dots and let's you decide what the truth is. Loved it.

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American media a sham

Enlightening demonstration on how the American public perception evolved to support it's own corrupt and failing capitalist regime.

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a slog, but important

3% theory, 90% evidence analysis, 7% conclusion. An important work to understand the pervasiveness of information control. Spread this one out over a long period of time.

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Very informative and eye opening.

a must read for those interested in politics and/or media. Will provide a necessary insight that many people today lack.

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A very important book about the mass media.

in this book  Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky forever destroyed the myth of the "free press".

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a staggering indictment of the US media

Givin discussions of " fakenews" this book provides a thorough background of the extraordinary negligence of the US media. the authors follow several case studies of American Foreign Wars and the lack of critical press coverage in print and on television. It reveals an appalling double standard whose primary aim is to build support for American imperialism.

the authors posit a propaganda model for the American Media, and they validate the predictions of this model with several case studies. one drawback of the author's analysis is that it is exclusively focused on Foreign Wars. I would like to have seen more analysis of domestic issues.

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complicated book. I think it's kinda made more for people who know a lot already about the subject; like journalists.

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