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 …