NOAM CHOMSKY—What can you say that’s brief between two commercials? I can say Iran is a terrible state. I don’t need any evidence. I can say Ghaddaffi carries out terror. Suppose I try to say the US carries out terror, in fact it’s one of the leading terrorist states in the world. You can’t say that between commercials. People rightly want to know what do you mean. They’ve never heard that before. Then you have to explain. You have to give background. That’s exactly what’s cut out. Concision is a technique of propaganda. It ensures you cannot do anything except repeat clichés, the standard doctrine, or sound like a lunatic.
Daily Archives
April 30, 2012
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The war on drugs is the price the American nation pays to priggishness and…
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SickoA documentary on US-style healthcare by Michael Moore Editors’ Note: When SiCKO exploded on…
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The quietly—but highly—influential Gene Sharp. A new patron saint for the “nonviolent” anti-imperialist left,…
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The “face” of Syrian opposition. For chief consumption in the West. The US propaganda…
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