Re: Behold the breathtaking weakness of the Empire! Archived Message
Posted by brooks on May 3, 2019, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Behold the breathtaking weakness of the Empire!"
re "I am fully aware of that famous Chomsky interview with Marr when he informs him that if he believed any different he wouldn't be sitting where he is sitting but I never found that completely convincing." As a side note, I think Chomsky is erring on the side of charitableness. He doesn't want to accuse a specific journalist of straight-out lying on behalf of power for cash and consciously lending ideological support to horrific crimes so he gives them a little moral escape clause. But when he speaks more generally of the role of journalists and intellectuals in serving state power he is less diplomatic.
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