Presenters: Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Justin Lewis.
Contents:
Part 1. The filters of news. The propaganda model & agenda setting ; The ownership filter ; The advertising filter ; The news makers filter ; The news shapers filter ; The flak filter -- Part 2. Domestic issues. The attack on the welfare state ; The attack on social security ; The attack on health care ; Labor and business -- Part 3. International issues. Anti-communism & the free market ; Anti-communism & the free market : Russia ; Anti-communism & the free market : Cuba ; Dictators & democracy ; Dictators & democracy: Saddam Hussein ; Dictators & democracy : Suharto.
Summary:
Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky discuss their comprehensive framework for understanding how the news is produced and in whose interests it works. They argue that the news media is subordinated to corporate and conservative interests and is not liberal.
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