Noam chomsky and the manufacture of consent for american foreign policy

Abstract

A review is presented of the relevance and validity of Noam Comsky’s propaganda model, which assigns to the media system one major function to which everything else is subordinate–manufacturing consent for government policies that advance the goals of corporations and preserve the capitalist system. The writers contend that, despite its omission of many important issues, the salience of Chomsky’s propaganda model has nevertheless increased because of President George W. Bush’s persistent efforts to manage the news and government intelligence; and to emasculate the restrictions on broadcast ownership.