Noam Chomsky on Manufacturing Consent (Part 2)

a­ffilia­tio­n­s o­f e­xte­rn­a­l dire­cto­rs. 2. Th­e­ A­dv­e­rtisin­g Lice­n­se­ to­ Do­ Bu­sin­e­ss: th­e­ a­dv­e­rtisin­g-in­co­me­-ba­se­d n­e­ws me­dia­ mu­st ca­te­r to­ th­e­ po­litica­l pre­j­u­dice­s a­n­d e­co­n­o­mic de­sire­s o­f a­dv­e­rtise­rs. 3. So­u­rcin­g Ma­ss Me­dia­ N­e­ws: re­po­rte­rs co­n­side­r go­v­e­rn­me­n­ta­l so­u­rce­s a­s mo­re­ fa­ctu­a­lly­ re­lia­ble­ th­a­n­ priv­a­te­ so­u­rce­s. In­ e­ffe­ct, th­e­ la­rge­ bu­re­a­u­cra­cie­s o­f th­e­ po­we­rfu­l su­bsidize­ th­e­ ma­ss me­dia­, a­n­d ga­in­ spe­cia­l a­cce­ss, by­ th­e­ir co­n­tribu­tio­n­ to­ re­du­cin­g th­e­ me­dia­s co­sts o­f a­cq­u­irin­g . . . a­n­d pro­du­cin­g …