Inventing Reality
by Michael Parenti · first published 1985
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Covers how news media shape public understanding through selection, framing, and sourcing; a companion to Manufacturing Consent for readers wanting a broader view of media politics.
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"Inventing Reality" by Michael Parenti is another book on the subject.
on “Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption” ↗I found this to be a "lite" version of the various filters and lenses discussed in: Herman/Chomsky's "Five Filters" from Manufacturing Consent https://chomsky.info/consent01/ Parenti's Inventing Reality https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/673719.Inventing_Reality
on “Who to ignore – bullshit filters” ↗This is, basically, naive and your view of the world would likely be greatly expanded by reading Manufacturing Consent or Inventing Reality.
on “Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access” ↗Yes and also Michael Parenti, Inventing Reality. https://archive.org/details/inventingrealit100pare A quick video discussing both Chomsky and Parenti: https://youtu.be/unKNNiYQFp4
on “Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying” ↗…Also, domination still occurs, see the nations we routinely invade, as well as the other books I mentioned elsewhere in this thread for a more complete scientific view. You would also probably like "Inventing Reality" by Micheal Parenti!
on “Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI” ↗Try “Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media” by Michael Parenti (1986).
…coordinated and planned proxy vasselization. See the books "Unequal exchange" by Arghiri Emmanuel and "superimperilaism" by michael hudson for more details and scientific treatments of the question. "Inventing Reality" by Micheal Parenti might be another good read for you! "But if you wanna grow the scope, we can say that we're all serfs of usury by the international banking system which runs on getting us addicted…
on “Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI” ↗See also a short video [1] or a long video [2] on the subject. Michael Parenti also published a book on this subject a few years before Chomsky. Inventing Reality: The Politics Of the Mass Media [3] Parenti also has plenty of talks on YouTube [4] [1] https://youtu.be/tTBWfkE7BXU [2] https://youtu.be/EuwmWnphqII [3] https://archive.org/details/inventingrealit000pare…
on “Assange case: Key witness admits he lied” ↗The media helped the Bush administration manufacture consent for the second gulf war. The infamous lies peddled on every major news channel and newspaper are recorded for all time. Parenti wrote Inventing Reality and Chomsky wrote Manufacturing Consent in the 80's. Your examples of lies that that you believe demonstrate how especially bad media is today just reveal that you only notice certain exaggerations or…
on “Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees” ↗Second Amusing Ourselves to Death. Fantastic book, especially when paired with Inventing Reality or Manufacturing Consent.
on “Ask HN: What should I read next?” ↗…pieces are really representative of the opinion in the mass media, which I would barely characterize Smith as. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/78912/manufacturing... https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Reality-Politics-News-Media...
on “Philip K. Dick: Stanisław Lem Is a Communist Committee (2015)” ↗