OK so I don’t want to defend him too much here, because he was asked something pretty clearly and didn’t put anyone at ease. On top of that, he’s kind of an ideologue, and doesn’t understand that most people aren’t playing 4D chess they’re just doing a shit in the kitchen because we’re all just fancy monkeys. However, I don’t think he’s trying to avoid answering the question. What he’s saying is (IIUC):

1. The western media keeps saying “Genocide” but if that’s true, then the west itself commits genocide 3 times before breakfast. However, the west is very quick to label something non-western as genocide, but western stuff is not. So which is it? Answer: The western media is just using the term “Genocide” to invoke a visceral reaction (those monsters) rather than a logical one (“we killed some folks”).
2. I don’t know about the details of the book, but the gist of it was good.

I don’t mind the former point (words mean things, and they are being used carelessly here; why not just use the right words?), but I do object to the latter. Information is the plural of data, and if the data is wrong, then the overall picture has not been constructed fairly. This is a common issue with Chomsky: He works from instinct and goes backwards to attach data, that’s not right.