Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
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In Theaters : 1993
DVD Release : 26 March, 2002 |
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Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media description
Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar made this penetrating documentary about the career and views of linguist and media critic Noam Chomsky. While the man is the subject of the movie, the filmmakers wisely and carefully choose not to make Chomsky more important than his insights into the way print and electronic journalism tacitly and often willingly further the agendas of the powerful. We learn a lot about Chomsky's formative experiences as a child, student, academic, activist, and politician (he has campaigned for office), but we learn just as much about the media institutions that deny him access today, from ABC to PBS. The centerpiece of the film, arguably, is a long examination into the history of the New York Times' coverage of Indonesia's atrocity-ridden occupation of East Timor, reportage that (as Chomsky shows us) was absolutely in lock step with the government's unwillingness to criticize an ally. --Tom Keogh |
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| This film is beautifully done. The filmmakers brilliantly crafted a mix of archival footage with Chomsky's talks to illustrate his points. Despite the sometimes grim topics, they manage to make it entertaining, even humorous at times. Dubbed by the New York Times as "the most important intellectual alive," Chomsky is a brilliant man who is dedicated to bringing his important message to the world. He cares about the common person, and wants to help liberate all of us from an oppressive government that he shows does not serve our best interests. His detailed and life long research has convinced him that our government has become a marketing arm for corporations instead of its people. As a former investigative journalist, my own findings concur. Chomsky's analysis is honest, factual, and is based on thorough research that only a person of great scholarship can achieve. We are fortunate to have him in the world. His findings about the use of media to control public views is not a pretty picture, but one that every American should know about. He is definitely on the side of the underdog, which at this point in our nation's history, includes most of the U.S. population, save a small elite class of billionaires. If anyone doubts his brilliance and his accuracy, consider this -- he has no commercial affiliations and nothing to gain by sacrificing his life to helping people to understand the truth of our government's efforts to make us subservient to corporate interests. He is a full tenured professor at M.I.T. and could have just as easily taught linguistics his whole life, spent his days reading and researching, as most intellectuals love to do, and stayed at home with his family. But he has spent most of his life traveling around the country and the world patiently explaining to people (with facts to back up every point he makes) how the mainstream media programs us to support corporate interests. |
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