Noam Chomsky
Manufacturing Consent
This
documentary film explores the political life and ideas of Noam
Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist. Created
by two Canadian independent filmmakers, it expands on the ideas of
Chomsky's earlier book, Manufacturing Consent: The Political
Economy of the Mass Media, which he co-wrote with Edward S. Herman.
The film presents and illustrates Chomsky's and Herman's propaganda
model, the thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven
institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the
interests of dominant, elite groups in the society. A centerpiece
of the film is a long examination into the history of The New York
Times's coverage of Indonesia's invasion and occupation of East
Timor, which Chomsky claims exemplifies the media's unwillingness
to criticize an ally.
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Distorted Morality
Noam
Chomsky is a renowned scholar, the founder of the modern science of
linguistics, a philosopher, a political and social analyst, a media
critic, an author of more than 70 books, a winner of numerous
prizes and awards, and ranks with Marx, Shakespeare, and the Bible
as one of the 10 most quoted sources in the humanities. In this
remarkable documentary, Noam Chomsky offers a riveting but
devastating critique of America's current war on terror arguing, in
fact, that it is a logistical impossibility for such a war to be
taking place. Professor Chomsky presents his reasoning with
astonishing and refreshing clarity, drawing from a wealth of
historical knowledge and analysis. "Only those who are entirely
ignorant of modern history will be surprised by the course of
events, or by the justifications that are
provided..."
