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To add to your comment. Manufacturing Consent came out in 1988, 31 years ago. That book manfully built the case that this stuff has been going on for well over
by thundergolfer 8y ago
To add to your comment. Manufacturing Consent came out in 1988, 31 years ago. That book manfully built the case that this stuff has been going on for well over a century, but that it really kicked up in the post WW2 era with the erosion of labour-class news media.
Today 6 US media companies control 90% of US media, and any hope one has of the internet disarming them dims more than a little at the sight of a P.A.T.R.I.O.T act author crossing over into the arms of a tech giant.