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Noam Chomsky on Propaganda - The Big Idea - Interview with Andrew Marr

A 1996 BBC interview in which Noam Chomsky explains his propaganda model of the media to Andrew Marr, including how filters shape what journalists report and the role of self-censorship.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended and quoted in threads on media bias, press and power, and self-censorship.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
k1mk1mk1m
Topic
media propaganda model
Format
interview
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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  • > Thus (not having read it myself), Manufacturing Consent could show how emergent properties of mass media might lead to them pushing a certain incorrect world view, rather than proposing a theory that requires the teams behind them to all agree to conspire and none …

    herbstein on Hacker News · 2019-03
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  • The press plays a much more important role when it comes to power. Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky is the classic text on the propaganda role of the press. [LINK] This old BBC interview with Noam Chomsky about the topic is also …

    k1m on Hacker News · 2019-06
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