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Episode #148 ... On Media pt. 1 - Manufacturing Consent

Philosophize This!

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Do You Support Our Troops?

CNN's Wolf Blitzer has been accused of self-censoring to please corporate power. In an interview with a reporter in the 19 seventies, chamsky was asked if he thought journalists were self censuring. He replied that reporters internalize their priorities and definitions of newsworthiness so they conform to them. This is one propaganda tactic that uses media to drastically limit the perameters of a discussion,. which in turn effectively manufactures the consent of the herd.

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