Re: Laurie, that Propaganda in Focus website is a paradise for Covid conspiracists Archived Message
Posted by Sinister Burt on July 6, 2022, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Laurie, that Propaganda in Focus website is a paradise for Covid conspiracists"
I'm often more of a viewer than reader too these days. Here's some videos about manufacturing consent that may be of some use. This is an old one: "Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky. Through a collage of biography, archival material and various graphics and illustrations, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick's 22-award-winning documentary highlights Chomsky's probing analysis of mass media and his critique of the forces at work behind the daily news."
This is a more recent vid by tom nicholas that outlines the theory fairly well, using more recent examples from british media:
(the book's preferable obviously - i've got a hard copy, if you want a borrow, dm me)
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