Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's book, Manufacturing Consent, talks about the power of the media. The media's power comes from the Overton Window. "The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside." - Allan Bloom
Manufacturing Consent
Manufacturing Consent
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's book, Manufacturing Consent, talks about the power of the media. The media's power comes from the Overton Window. "The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside." - Allan Bloom