Chomsky's view Thursday in our Objectivity & Bias class, we watched a film on Noam Chomsky, "Manufacturing Consent." I can understand the thoughts many have about Chomsky, "The man is way out there;" however, Chomsky does present some valid truths.

His theories definitely are derived from the models and theories we are discussing presently in our Media Effects class. Actually, I found Chomsky to be a little bit more prophetic than linguistic. It seems that the speeches he gave in this video are exactly what we are experiencing with the media today: Large conglomerate control, indoctrination that is inconsistent with democracy (who's patriotic vs who is not), myth makers and above all agenda setters.

I'm placing myself on a very delicate position here (but for the sake of a significant point); it seemed obvious to me that one certain political party used Chomsky's label of the "elite media" to set their own 'network' agenda.

Chomsky may have had some absurd thoughts; however, he did present some obvious truths to what we consume and observe as media watchers. Sometimes I view us (the audience/consumers) as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz; we are being directed and manipulated by "someone behind the curtain" (the big media conglomerates).  ¶ posted by Anonymous at 11:41 AM •