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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
ensara's review against another edition
3.0
ok solid piece of work, for the most part. it’s thorough, but the style is terribly boring. also i understand his argument fully, but i very much doubt the facts that he provides, because he said the following:
“Allegedly in response to that country’s (Yugoslavia’s) mistreatment to Kosovo Albanians”
“this mistreatment (genocide in Kosov) was less severe than: Kurds, East Timorese, etc”
“Not all of them Albanian civilians or victims of the Serbs”
“Alleged killing of some 40 Albanians in Rreçak Kosovo” HELLO????? ALLEGED????? REMAIN IN DISPUTE????
Not him trying to justify a re-election of Milošević????????
so if he has said these incorrect statements, i imagine there are other problematic bits.
“Allegedly in response to that country’s (Yugoslavia’s) mistreatment to Kosovo Albanians”
“this mistreatment (genocide in Kosov) was less severe than: Kurds, East Timorese, etc”
“Not all of them Albanian civilians or victims of the Serbs”
“Alleged killing of some 40 Albanians in Rreçak Kosovo” HELLO????? ALLEGED????? REMAIN IN DISPUTE????
Not him trying to justify a re-election of Milošević????????
so if he has said these incorrect statements, i imagine there are other problematic bits.
himay3000's review
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Herman & Chomsky dissect with precision how the modern mainstream media works, the filters they have in place to make sure the narrative fits their owners’ views, and give extensive examples of this propaganda model at work in the US media with separate news stories. They point out glaring contradictions in how the media handles and report on the actions of certain countries compared to how similar actions from the US are handled. Exceptional work from the late 80s that is still very much relevant today (2024, TikTok ban, coverage on Palestine & protests on college campuses, etc.)
pictusfish's review against another edition
5.0
Anybody who reads it watches the news needs to read this book.
ogoz's review against another edition
5.0
A classic at this point, but Manufacturing Consent is one of the most informative and necessary reads, written concisely and covering broadly the most integral parts of regressive propaganda, and how it is used to propagate the interests of the US and capital.