Manufacturing Consent : Noam Chomsky and the Media

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Executive producers for Zeitgeist Video (for DVD): Paul J. Mallon, Jr. and Ian Stimler.
Includes 45 minutes of extra video material.
pt. 1. Thought control in a democratic society -- pt. 2. Activating dissent.
Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. Focuses on Chomsky's analysis of the hidden use of ideological manipulation in democratic societies.

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Society of the Spectacle submitted by tarascon on May 29, 2023, 4:08pm A precis of Chomsky’s manufactured media…

The news industry may, with a touch of subversive whimsy, be described formulaically as N + E = W (where N equals “news,” E equals “entertainment,” and W equals “the wool over your eyes”). Or expressed in plain English: how is it that the seemingly ubiquitous reportage on Johnny Depp’s marriage woes—for instance—seems to bear more relevance to our society than wars, murders, women’s bodily rights, or the state of our climate, ad nauseam?

If you know the answer to that you needn’t bother with watching this DVD.