SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Manufacturing Consent Second health-care 'phone town hall' goes well  Aug 26, 2009 " Mary, I've grown weary of searching for the basis for such an inflammatory claim, so please reference your sources. This Palinesque rhetorical argument adds nothing to search for health care reform. It is interesting that this is the tactic which will be used eventually to attempt "privatize" Social Security and Medicare. I highly recommend Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent": Here is the wiki which can be supplement by the dvd available at the PA library: The question of Medicare Part C will be... (Palo Alto Online, CA) Berlusconi in Tehran, Slavoj iek, London Review of Books  Jul 16, 2009 The American journalist Walter Lippmann coined the term manufacturing consent, later made famous by Chomsky, but Lippmann intended it in a positive way. Like Plato, he saw the public as a great beast or a bewildered herd, floundering in the chaos of local opinions. (Harper's Magazine) Roger Ebert decries Bill OReillys shrillness  Jun 19, 2009 This has been documented going as far back as Chomsky's film Manufacturing Consent in 1992. All writers and reporters have a slant to their work. (Harper's Magazine) Back to Movies News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009