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Media Control : The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Open Media)
Media Control The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda - Open Media Author:Noam Chomsky On this original recording, Chomsky delivers a provocative lecture exemplary of the media analysis that is his signature. Arguing that "propaganda is to democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," Chomsky sketches the triumphs of U.S. propaganda from the Wilson era through the first Bush administration.Written in the wake of Gulf Wa... more »r I, this insightful lecture touches on the machinations of Bush Sr.'s war propaganda. As such, Media Control is a timely and haunting reminder of propaganda's proven hazard: the repetition of our most nightmarish history.Professor Noam Chomsky has been declared "arguably the most important intellectual alive" by The New York Times. He is the author of numerous groundbreaking bestsellers on linguistics, foreign policy and media.« less