Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as a short overview of the propaganda model whenever commenters discuss media influence and consent manufacturing.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Chomsky's Philosophy

Topic

media propaganda

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I won't deny this has occasionally happened to me, but look at your example: it's B2B when my claim is primarily for B2C. B2B ads tend to be more targeted, aimed at corporations, and purchases are for higher dollar amounts. The product being sold was …

• >The more I see of this emerging mass mind control dystopia the harder it is for me to think of non-radical solutions. You should 100% see the adamn Curtis documentary I mentioned above and read up on manufacture of consent [VIDEO] What you mention is …

• See also a short video [1] or a long video [2] on the subject. Michael Parenti also published a book on this subject a few years before Chomsky. Inventing Reality: The Politics Of the Mass Media [3] Parenti also has plenty of talks on YouTube …