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Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media machine | The Listening Post

Al Jazeera English · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Media, journalism & propaganda

What it is

A short Al Jazeera animation narrated by Amy Goodman presenting Noam Chomsky's five filters of the mass media: ownership, advertising, media elite sourcing, flak and a common enemy. It is part of the MediaTheorised series.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a quick, accessible introduction to the propaganda model from Manufacturing Consent.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Manufacturing Consent (there's a documentary form of it too) changed my entire outlook on media. Highly recommend.”

    Short video on Manufacturing Consent's ideas.

    tehjoker, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]”

  2. “Consent is being manufactured around you all the time.”

    Chomsky's five filters of mass media.

    jhabdas, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Types of propaganda, propaganda techniques, and propaganda strategies (2017)”

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Topics: noam chomsky, manufacturing consent, propaganda model, mass media, media criticism

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