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Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent (2002, Pantheon Books) 4 stars

In this pathbreaking work, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the …

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4 stars

Even though the internet has changed the balance of power in media reporting and information dissemination since the era of the 20th century US gangster imperialism analysed in the work, what has not changed is the liberal intellectuals' and mainstream media organisations' service to causes of the Empire. They have never had potent arguments against Chomsky and others' analyses of their role, and reading about their actions that aided the military-industrial complex's rampant pillaging in the name of global power and corporate profits is important.