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I'm starting to think that the book Manufacturing Consent should be part of our school curriculum. I'd suggest seeing through media spin is a very useful life s

I'm starting to think that the book Manufacturing Consent should be part of our school curriculum. I'd suggest seeing through media spin is a very useful life skill. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

lordnacho 10y ago
Doesn't everyone practice this, every day? It's not exactly news that the media are powerful and biased.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  > "Doesn't everyone practice this, every day?" Haha, hell no! Many people absorb what the media says with barely any questioning. Take this article for example, why is there no suggestion of Remain voters switching to Leave? Perhaps it's because the media coverage has been so one sided there's very little chance many people who voted to Remain would have need to question their convictions.
  - scholia 10y ago
    > Perhaps it's because the media coverage has been so one sided All the most one-side media coverage was on the Leave side, wasn't it? The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express in particular -- the main mass-circulation tabloids -- were full of pro-Leave lies. These are also papers that, not coincidentally, hate the BBC for being independent and excellent value for money.
    - ZenoArrow 10y ago
      There have been lies and propaganda on both sides, I won't deny that. However, the coverage in the 'impartial' BBC has been anything but. There have been very few instances of information-rich coverage from any of the mainstream news outlets, the coverage has been much more about personality politics than about fostering a healthy debate.
      - scholia 10y ago
        > the coverage in the 'impartial' BBC has been anything but Really? What do you have in mind? Which mainstream sources have been more impartial?
switch007 10y ago
The corrupt have already got their hands on education - 40% of schools are acadamies. I don't see Noam Chomsky being included in the curriculum, ever!
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  That's no reason not to try.
- elthran 10y ago
  Are you really trying to say that all academies are corrupt? I fail to see how not being controlled by a LEA means that you are straight away in the hands of corrupt big business/the man/the illuminati/whoever you think these corrupt people are.
- ordbajsare 10y ago
  >I don't see Noam Chomsky being included in the curriculum, ever! Good since he is an dirty communist.
- throwaway049 10y ago
  I don't have any fondness for the Academy system, but I don't think Noam Chomsky was on the National Curriculum in LEA schools either.

lordnacho 10y ago

Doesn't everyone practice this, every day? It's not exactly news that the media are powerful and biased.

ZenoArrow 10y ago
> "Doesn't everyone practice this, every day?" Haha, hell no! Many people absorb what the media says with barely any questioning. Take this article for example, why is there no suggestion of Remain voters switching to Leave? Perhaps it's because the media coverage has been so one sided there's very little chance many people who voted to Remain would have need to question their convictions.
- scholia 10y ago
  > Perhaps it's because the media coverage has been so one sided All the most one-side media coverage was on the Leave side, wasn't it? The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express in particular -- the main mass-circulation tabloids -- were full of pro-Leave lies. These are also papers that, not coincidentally, hate the BBC for being independent and excellent value for money.
  - ZenoArrow 10y ago
    There have been lies and propaganda on both sides, I won't deny that. However, the coverage in the 'impartial' BBC has been anything but. There have been very few instances of information-rich coverage from any of the mainstream news outlets, the coverage has been much more about personality politics than about fostering a healthy debate.
    - scholia 10y ago
      > the coverage in the 'impartial' BBC has been anything but Really? What do you have in mind? Which mainstream sources have been more impartial?

switch007 10y ago

The corrupt have already got their hands on education - 40% of schools are acadamies. I don't see Noam Chomsky being included in the curriculum, ever!

ZenoArrow 10y ago
That's no reason not to try.
elthran 10y ago
Are you really trying to say that all academies are corrupt? I fail to see how not being controlled by a LEA means that you are straight away in the hands of corrupt big business/the man/the illuminati/whoever you think these corrupt people are.
ordbajsare 10y ago
>I don't see Noam Chomsky being included in the curriculum, ever! Good since he is an dirty communist.
throwaway049 10y ago
I don't have any fondness for the Academy system, but I don't think Noam Chomsky was on the National Curriculum in LEA schools either.