Manufacturing Consent

by Noam Chomsky & Edward Herman

"The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace."

Summary

A systematic analysis of how ownership, advertising, sourcing, and ideology shape what gets reported and how. Even without explicit censorship, structural factors produce predictable biases in news coverage.

Why This Fits LindyFact

The 'propaganda model' helps us understand why certain stories dominate while others disappear.