> ... published in 1988 and re-edited twice.. #ManufacturingConsent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.. co-authored with Chomsky. .. the structure of American journalism.. ownership, business model, ideology, sources.. negative feedback.. #HermanAndChomsky .. draw out why the mass media performs ..propagandistic interests.. It drew on case studies to show how market forces, internalised assumptions and self-censorship function to support the system in place, even without overt coercion.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edward-s-herman-scholar-whose-radical-critiques-of-us-media-unpacked-the-fake-news-caricatured-by-trump-a8067131.html
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