Manufacturing Consent

The thesis is solid, but the case studies are starting to feel dated.

This one I didn't finish because the first few chapters cover everything and the rest just goes into excessive detail about what was already covered. This book made me realize how the US media continually does the bidding of the US government, towing the line and rarely pushing back to the degree that it should.

In this book, the authors build a propaganda model that describes the subservience of mainstream media to elite interests and government in the United States. They proceed to analyze the coverage of the Indochina wars and the so-called ‘emerging democracies' of Central America through their framework, thoroughly undressing the mainstream media's motives and actions in the process. A real tour de force by Chomsky and Herman.