Summary of Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

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Noam Chomsky discusses how the media is controlled by big corporations and how it serves to shape history in an appropriate way. He also discusses how the media's audience is not the ones who control it, but rather the advertisers who pay for better ratings.

• 00:00:00 Noam Chomsky discusses the function of the mass media in the United States, noting that the media sets the general agenda for the rest of the media and plays a important role in shaping the perception of the current world by the politically active and educated classes.
• 00:05:00 Noam Chomsky discusses how the media is controlled by big corporations and how it serves to shape history in an appropriate way. He also discusses how the media's audience is not the ones who control it, but rather the advertisers who pay for better ratings.