By David Swanson / World BEYOND War I’m pretty sure I usually read the New York Times differently from how some people read it. I read it looking for two things: the insinuations and the …
This is a really good analysis of a New York Times article, and it’s a pretty quick read.
I think I agree with all of what the author 's saying, but it seems to be leading to the uncomfortable conclusion that all journalism is basically propaganda. That’s a terrifying thought.
further realizations
Y’all this was /a bit that failed to catch me anything funny.
This is basically the Manufacturing Consent/Inventing Reality thesis: that all corporate media, at least, acts more as stenographers of power than as muckraking truth seekers. This certainly applies when talking about the wars we fight.
Caitlin Johnstone had a pretty good article about how this happens. But yes, all media is propaganda. It’s impossible for it not to be. The New York Times doesn’t even attempt to make the appearance of not being the mouthpiece of the US government though.
I’d encourage you to read Propaganda by Edward Bernays. We are constantly surrounded with, and inundated by, propaganda, specifically based on the model Bernays outlines in his book.
This is a really good analysis of a New York Times article, and it’s a pretty quick read.
I think I agree with all of what the author 's saying, but it seems to be leading to the uncomfortable conclusion that all journalism is basically propaganda. That’s a terrifying thought.
further realizations
Y’all this was
/a bit that failed to catch me anything funny.
This is basically the Manufacturing Consent/Inventing Reality thesis: that all corporate media, at least, acts more as stenographers of power than as muckraking truth seekers. This certainly applies when talking about the wars we fight.
Caitlin Johnstone had a pretty good article about how this happens. But yes, all media is propaganda. It’s impossible for it not to be. The New York Times doesn’t even attempt to make the appearance of not being the mouthpiece of the US government though.
I’d encourage you to read Propaganda by Edward Bernays. We are constantly surrounded with, and inundated by, propaganda, specifically based on the model Bernays outlines in his book.