A review by jesromas
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

challenging informative slow-paced
Jesus I’m so glad to be done this book. I took a much-needed five month break between the first two thirds and the last third because it’s just so dense. It feels like reading a spreadsheet but like, an important and persuasive and deeply depressing spreadsheet. Journos should definitely understand the first chapter. The rest is kinda dated. I’d think there are both better examples of the propaganda model in today’s information ecosystem and better texts to read to understand the policies of maniacal genocidal American empire-building.
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