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I find it beyond fascinating that Chomsky is effectively barred from appearing on any news network. His perspective is that dangerous to the status quo and, amu
by A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
I find it beyond fascinating that Chomsky is effectively barred from appearing on any news network. His perspective is that dangerous to the status quo and, amusingly, supports his points about media control.
- littlestymaar 7y agoIs he actually “barred”? Or he just don't go there? I remind him talking[1] about TV and radio, and how it was structurally[2] impossible to hold non-mainstream views there, so he wasn't really interested going. [1] in On Anarchism. [2] he said it was because the mandatory conciseness when talking live.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoMy personal bet that it is a mix of the above. But is it a happy coincidence that an individual that does not really talk in bumber sticker langauage and questions some of the basic core beliefs, is not there in the 'marketplace of ideas'.
- hindsightbias 7y agoHe used to appear on PBS news shows in decades past. News Hour is now the epitome of “there are only two sides”. Chomsky can be seen on RT every now and then. Of course, today’s woke equate RT as only propaganda while they consume whatever media they watch without question. https://rtd.rt.com/shows/conversation-with/chomsky-correa-talk-us/ https://rtd.rt.com/shows/conversation-with/chomsky-correa-ta...
- badrequest 7y agoThey are quite literally a propaganda arm, someone being unable to recognize that the other news networks fit a similar bill doesn't mean RT isn't a propaganda arm of the Russian government.
- WizardAustralis 7y agoHe also appears on Democracy Now! occasionally. That it takes a listner/viewer funded station to get this stuff out is interesting. RT can be propaganda in intent but I do like that they are at least showing a very different point of view to the majority of mass media. That Chris Hedge gets a weekly program would never happen on most other networks nowadays. Watch it, take it in but don't take it too seriously. Treat it as stuff to be contemplated in its context.
- solaarphunk 7y agoThe questions that RT talking heads ask are so laced with Kremlin engineered bias that it makes Fox News look borderline academic.
- zo1 7y agoIf you only see certain points in "western" media, then it could be easy to think that all other points are "Kremlin engineered bias". How about instead you just look at the points themselves and what the speaker says, and make your own conclusions whilst having a bit of an open mind.
- PavlovsCat 7y agoDid he decline invitations though? Even if he might decline them, not getting them in the first place would still be saying something.
- posterboy 7y agowhere does he stand in the production of information, though.
- dadarepublic 7y agoOn the analysis side.
- foldr 7y agoHe's been interviewed on the BBC at least a couple of times in recent years.
- brodouevencode 7y agoI have such a love-hate relationship with him. In this case I feel he's nothing but correct. Maybe it's that the news outlets feel the same way and instead of being honest about their differences they'd just rather not provide any sort of dissenting opinion. With which, from what I can tell, he would agree.