This blog was conceived after the Scottish Cup Final of 2004 when Celtic played Dunfermline. The idea was discussed in The Last Post pub in Paisley late at night as a means of allowing us to share news, opinions and post links of mutual interest. The date of the Final was 22 May.
I read the article. She had her mind made up before she met him. Attacking him for enjoying the benefits of capitalism (e.g. computers and pension funds) while criticising US foreign policy and US state sponsored terrorism. Chomsky is a rare man, he speaks with rigourous honesty about the need for states to control the masses i.e. Manufacturing Consent through PR and control of the media.
As he says, if a martian landed and was told that 90% of the media was controlled by huge multinational corporations, he would not need to be a genius to know whose interests the media would be working for.
I read the article.
ReplyDeleteShe had her mind made up before she met him.
Attacking him for enjoying the benefits of capitalism (e.g. computers and pension funds) while criticising US foreign policy and US state sponsored terrorism.
Chomsky is a rare man, he speaks with rigourous honesty about the need for states to control the masses i.e. Manufacturing Consent through PR and control of the media.
As he says, if a martian landed and was told that 90% of the media was controlled by huge multinational corporations, he would not need to be a genius to know whose interests the media would be working for.
See http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm