Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
This book did a great job raising awareness that in America our news media has become propagandized. It falls short in that it pins it all on right wing media. This isn't a right wing verse left wing issue. To make that argument is myopic and biased, i.e. 'We are the good guys and they are the bad guys' which is similar to the the very problem the book alludes to in the book. Vilifying a group of people, in the book communists, in order to justify criminal acts against them, while ignoring the shortcomings of allied nations with the help of so called journalists. However, the book is dead on. News in America is propagandized by the government. We no longer have a well informed public in the sense of people knowing all the information then drawing their own conclusions. The access to information has been restricted by the corporate and political interests of the 'elites' (ruling class). The irony is Noam Chomsky's future statements about how those choosing not to be vaccinated should be segregated from the rest of society and "how they get their food is their problem."[1] Viewing the unvaccinated as a threat to society (more than those that are vaccinated anyway) is a view one could only have obtained from being indoctrinated by left wing propaganda. Fortunately, the evidence is out for those willing to look at it.
While the authors made a great connection between using communism as a scapegoat for vilifying political enemies, it does come off in places as if the author condones communism as a preferable political situation. I do hope people read books such as the Gulag Archipelago, and become familiar with the history of communism before reaching such a conclusion themselves.
This is the interview referenced above. Play video from 7:59 to hear the quotation used.
[1] https://youtu.be/VX0hn6F-jsI?si=oChAe4kvIdUY1ac2&t=479
