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 …