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Summary: Excellent Recent coverage proves his thesis
Review: I totally disagree with the statement that recent coverage disproves his thesis. It PROVES his thesis because it was only under pressure(for the last 10 years)from human rights activists did the US stop supporting Indonesia. An excellent read, especially considering the fact that new evidence has come to light that America PURPOSELY bombed the Chinese emabassy. Evidence that was widly reported in Canada, Britain, Italy, Australia, Ireland,Germany, France and the rest of the world but covered up by the US media.
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Summary: Should Be Standard Educational Text
Review: This magnificently researched academic study by Herman and Chomsky is a milestone and should be studied by the editorial staff of every newspaper in the western "democracies." It's a challenging read, given our collective assumptions about other people and other cultures and the "role" of the United States in world affairs. And it's especially tough to digest in the face of the media's ongoing campaign to propagate those very assumptions, false though they may be, to their audiences. Manufacturing Consent is well worth the time and energy.
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Summary: Chomsky is Paranoid but Probably Right
Review: Noam Chomsky takes a critical look at the industrial/media machine with no holds barred. Make no mistake, this is heavy-duty reading to be taken seriously and studied intensely.With a mixture of logic, slight humor and light cynicism, Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman disassemble history from the 60's through the 80's and place it into an uneasy perspective. A very convincing, albeit paranoid, indictment of the apparently slanted media system we have in a "free" society. I am eager to read in the future what Chomsky thinks about the Clinton Presidency, specifically the military actions in Kosovo. And, the big question: how has the Internet changed the media playing field, as upstart and unabated sources (such as "Slate") play an increasingly important role. Unfortunately, reading this work gives one a jaundiced eye, and a distrust of the ol' "Six-O'Clock News". If the reality of the media is even half of what Chomsky proclaims, we are in deep, deep trouble. Highly recommended!
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Summary: in-depth and and brutaly honest
Review: This book thoroughly dissects the propaganda structure and extinsively covers many examples to back up his claims. For the patriot, it is almost painfull to read at times, sanity of this calibre. I highly recomend it to anybody who likes to learn and wants a true picture of society.
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Summary: Documents how structured knowledge is never truly open.
Review: This book reveals well how difficult it is for democracies to maintain an informed citizenry when the news media are so prone to political manipulation and economic pressures. An important argument, regrettably weakened by some careless (NOT dishonest) scholarship.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: I can't think of another book which so changed the way my suburban upper-class mind saw the world. Chomsky and Herman's presentation of the "structure in which things happen" is virtually unassailable, and their take on how these events are portrayed (or ignored) in the corporate-owned media cannot be easily refuted. Even the lone dissenter in this forum must result to irrelevant attacks on Herman's scholastic record (the most likely reason Herman hasn't published anything scholarly on the CAPM and the Markowitz efficient set is because these concepts are so simple that most people learn them as undergraduates) and personal attacks against Chomsky that do nothing to challenge his assertions. Everyone should read this book. Period.
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Summary: Top stuff - Chomsky strikes again
Review: Yet again, Chomsky strips away the lies and deceit thrown up by our rulers to reveal the truth about the world we live in. This makes him unpopular with the over-privileged, conscience-free, immoral robots who support inequality in this world.
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Summary: Real life is more scaring than fiction!
Review: This book shows clearly how the American media monopoly that controls the mass media is forming minds in a country sworn to liberty. It should be required reading in schools, just to teach children how important the
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Summary: Things that should be common sense
Review: It's aggravating, in a way, to come across a book that says basically what you've thought for a while, but in an unformed way. "Manufacturing Consent" should be required reading in journalism and communications school.
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Summary: Essential Reading
Review: Manufacturing Consent is essential reading for anyone interested in the way the media operate and how our political policies are influenced by corporate decision-making. This book becomes ever more relevant as more and more media fall into the hands of giant conglomerates--companies with huge conflicts of interest. I would also highly recommend another of Chomsky's books, Necessary Ilussions, and a wonderful text by Ben Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly. Also, for a look at how the giant American media distort coverage in a particular case, there's The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner. I use these texts in my journalism classes and I would recommend that other journalism professors take a look at them.
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