Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda by Noam Chomsky

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(Paperback - 2ND Edition)

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  • Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
  • Pub. Date: July 2003
  • ISBN-13: 9781583225363
  • Sales Rank: 40,420
  • 104pp
  • Series: An Open Media Book Ser.
  • Edition Description: 2ND Edition
  • Edition Number: 2
 
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Synopsis

Chomsky's classic back-pocket primer on U.S. government propaganda and media bias, now available in an edition expanded to include his comments regarding media coverage of terrorism and U.S. foreign policy in a post-September 11 world.

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Beginning with the Creel Commission, the Woodrow Wilson-appointed committee that turned isolationist America into a war-hungry machine, master political analyst Noam Chomsky traces the history of American propaganda. Part of the Open Media Pamphlet Series. Size A. 64 pp. Author tour. Targeted ads.

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Biography

Noam Chomsky is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author most recently of Hegemony or Survival, 9/11, and Power and Terror.

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Noam Chomsky just may be one of the only sane people left...by Anonymous

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August 31, 2003: Noam Chomsky is truly one of the most profoundly insightful intellectuals we have in this crazy day and age. Putting into perspective a world that doesn't make sense, alot of people have a hard time accepting the horrible facts as what they are, indisputable truths. Read it, then decide for yourself.

wonderful.by Anonymous

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June 17, 2002: No matter what this previous reviewer claims, this book is worthwhile. It discusses the various government projects that have been used to control public opinion. The book is intriguing, insightful, and honest. The wanton bitterness of the previous reviewer is perhaps credited to his own lack of achievement and resultant spitefulness toward Mr. Chomsky. The book does not use slanted information to persuade readers into thinking one way or the other; it's genuine.(Besides, it's so short that you can go sit at the store and read it quickly; that's what I did.) The lack of reviews can be attributed to the fact that bn.com has had problems with posting reviews. (I received specific directions on how to do so.) But it's much easier to assume that the absence of reviews directly equates to the lack of popularity than to actually think about what this book has to offer. So flock to the nearest B&N today and give it a try.


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