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Buckeye_Democrat

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16. Welcome! If the media is a major interest for you, I recommend...
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:56 AM
Jun 2017

... that you read "Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky if you haven't done it already.

Edit: Whether anyone agrees with his ultimate political ideals or not, Chomsky is still a scientist who backs up his claims with facts. What makes him especially educational is that much of what he shares rarely gets mentioned elsewhere. It can almost seem like Illuminati-type kookiness except what he shares is substantiated and real! It just don't get much attention in our educational systems and elsewhere.

Hi everyone. [View all] summer_in_TX Jun 2017 OP
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Welcome! If the media is a major interest for you, I recommend... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #16
Thanks! summer_in_TX Jul 2017 #38
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