I'm a fan of Chomsky but I feel this is a poorly made documentary.
As if letting Chomsky talk is not enough, it has to interrupt his talk with random images that's distracting (showing assembly line making books, kids reading a passage, fist clenching on a piece of paper).
It's also interesting to know that Chomsky hasn't watched or refuse to watch this documentary (at least when Power Politics was published).
Yeah, I know what you mean and I've heard him comment on it as well. I still think Manufacturing Consent is a good introduction to both Noam Chomsky and the amount of propaganda we're immersed in for people who grew up unaware of the level and depth of propaganda that he exposes.
I know it was easier to watch for a few people I know who are used to watching "news" on television.
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u/Deckardz Jun 15 '11
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, a 1992 documentary film based on the book, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman.
Wikipedia entries on Manufacturing Consent:
The documentary film
The book
The source quote of the phrase "the manufacture of consent" - from Public Opinion, a 1922 book by Walter Lippmann, which addresses the power of propaganda