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What I wish sometimes is that Chomsky would echo Trump's belief that the media is the enemy, because he's been saying it for decades. He won't, of course.
by blazespin 10y ago
What I wish sometimes is that Chomsky would echo Trump's belief that the media is the enemy, because he's been saying it for decades. He won't, of course.
- yestoallthat 10y agoHe doesn't "echo" those exact words because he doesn't peddle things like something being "the" enemy. What he has been saying for decades is how the media are being used, not the media having some sort of agenda. He's just not on that childish a level where the interests behind the curtain get ignored, is all. So what's there to "echo"? He's been criticizing the media for decades, often together with other authors -- but how does that and someone else offering nothing even remotely close to that thorough a criticism, but just saying "something negative", even play in the same ball park? That's like saying building a cathedral and putting a shoe on a rag are the same thing, because it's all just "using objects to change the physical space" or something.
- mhneu 10y agoAbsolutely not. Chomsky talks about the agendas that motivate the media. That is a huge difference from demagoguery about "enemies of the people". The best way we can fight lies in the media is by educating Americans about how to detect bias in their media sources, encouraging them to read and watch multiple news sources (not just Fox News) and letting them form their own opinions.