Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

A Primer In Intellectual Self-Defense

Directed by Peter Wintonick, Mark Achbar

Produced by ONF | NFB, Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.

1992167 min7.6 / 10

An intellectually rigorous documentary that uses Chomsky's analysis to expose systemic media manipulation and corporate propaganda as threats to democratic thought.

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

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  • Is Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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