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Relevant read: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Tl;dr Through subtle mechanisms, gov can promote preferred media outlets by givi

Relevant read: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Tl;dr Through subtle mechanisms, gov can promote preferred media outlets by giving them better/direct/scoops informations - resulting in better sales - resulting in better deals for ads - resulting in bigger profits. In turn, people in those media outlets are incentivised to shush descending voices/opinions by 'promoting' those into sport section or horoscope section. Its self selecting and self correcting mechanism.

adolph 5y ago
> Its self selecting and self correcting mechanism. Semantically: %/correcting/perpetuating/ Pedantically: %/Its/It's a/
- tempodox 5y ago
  You overlooked one: s/descending/dissenting/
- imwillofficial 5y ago
  Self correcting fits, as in the feedback mechanisms are arrayed in such a way that disobedience is punished without outside pressures. Simple loss of access to scoops cascades through the process until news company makes less money, so dissent would be swiftly taken care of.
zionic 5y ago
Perhaps “self corrupting mechanism” is a better term?
herbstein 5y ago
Manufacturing Consent is such an interesting book. The framework of analysis Herman and Chomsky present is general enough that it, while approaching almost 40 years old, still very accurately seems to describe the current media landscape. Chomsky is a famous left-leaning anarchist, and I find it interesting that his analysis isn't "the media is too right-wing" or "the media is too left-wing". Instead, his analysis is primarily about how power begets power -- even at the level of the local paper. This[0] short 3-minute video does a fine job of letting him explain his position on media bias while not really going into the nitty gritty details. His books, however, do go into the nitty gritty details while still being relatively easy to read. For anyone interested in Chomsky I highly recommend "Understanding Power"[1] as the intro to his views on the world. It's not as detailed in every topic as many of his other books and is primarily conversational in style - owing to it being transcribed discussions with audience members after he has held a speech. [0]: https://youtu.be/x60pSXlwmNE https://youtu.be/x60pSXlwmNE [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Power https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Pow...
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echelon_musk 5y ago
This is exactly what has happened in the case of The Guardian in the UK. See the previous discussion [0] on 'How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian'. This is such a shame because they were perhaps the only paper in the UK with enough courage and understanding to cover the Snowden leaks. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20937555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20937555
myth_drannon 5y ago
That's one of the accusations of ex-prime minister of Israel Netanyahu's corrution trial.

adolph 5y ago

> Its self selecting and self correcting mechanism. Semantically: %/correcting/perpetuating/ Pedantically: %/Its/It's a/

tempodox 5y ago
You overlooked one: s/descending/dissenting/
imwillofficial 5y ago
Self correcting fits, as in the feedback mechanisms are arrayed in such a way that disobedience is punished without outside pressures. Simple loss of access to scoops cascades through the process until news company makes less money, so dissent would be swiftly taken care of.

zionic 5y ago

Perhaps “self corrupting mechanism” is a better term?

herbstein 5y ago

Manufacturing Consent is such an interesting book. The framework of analysis Herman and Chomsky present is general enough that it, while approaching almost 40 years old, still very accurately seems to describe the current media landscape. Chomsky is a famous left-leaning anarchist, and I find it interesting that his analysis isn't "the media is too right-wing" or "the media is too left-wing". Instead, his analysis is primarily about how power begets power -- even at the level of the local paper. This[0] short 3-minute video does a fine job of letting him explain his position on media bias while not really going into the nitty gritty details. His books, however, do go into the nitty gritty details while still being relatively easy to read. For anyone interested in Chomsky I highly recommend "Understanding Power"[1] as the intro to his views on the world. It's not as detailed in every topic as many of his other books and is primarily conversational in style - owing to it being transcribed discussions with audience members after he has held a speech. [0]: https://youtu.be/x60pSXlwmNE https://youtu.be/x60pSXlwmNE [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Power https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Pow...

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echelon_musk 5y ago

This is exactly what has happened in the case of The Guardian in the UK. See the previous discussion [0] on 'How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian'. This is such a shame because they were perhaps the only paper in the UK with enough courage and understanding to cover the Snowden leaks. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20937555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20937555

myth_drannon 5y ago

That's one of the accusations of ex-prime minister of Israel Netanyahu's corrution trial.