The Corporate Media

   Many activists and independent journalists focus on the manipulation and censorship of the corporate media.

  

Manufacturing Consent


Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky describe many ways in which the corporate media is biased and crippled. Filters include corporate funding and establishment news sources.

The cover of the book also represents the title as "Manufacturing Content." The full title is Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media." There is a DVD which emphasizes Chomsky.


Propaganda Model - SourceWatch
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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Project Censored

http://www.projectcensored.org/

An organization which emphasizes establishment abuses not covered by the news media. They publish summaries of key stories which had little or no media attention. These summaries are available on their website.





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Static


Amy Goodman and her brother David Goodman describe abuses in the W. Bush era. The emphasis is on events and how they should have been reported rather than the structure of propaganda.

The full title is "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back."





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Outfoxed: Robert Murdoch's war on journalism


This documentary shows how Fox News distorts the news to serve the establishment. Robert Greenwald co-produced the film.


OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Outfoxed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War


John R. MacArthur describes the media manipulation in the first "Gulf War," the US attack on Iraq after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Though Iraq's invasion was criminal and brutal, the way the US responded was no better. This book is one of the main looks into the "Babies thrown from incubators" story. It contains some information on Tom Lantos, one of the main backers of the story.





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Toxic Sludge is Good For You


John Stauber describes many cases of major manipulation.


Toxic Sludge Is Good For You | Center for Media and Democracy
Democracy Now! | Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies, and ??the Public Relations Industry
Democracy Now! | A Debate on One of the Most Frequently Cited Justifications for the 1991 Persian Gulf War: Did PR Firm Hill & Knowlton Invent the Story of Iraqi Soldiers Pulling Kuwaiti Babies From Incubators?



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