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Noam Chomsky on Propaganda - The Big Idea - Interview with Andrew Marr

k1mk1mk1m · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A 1996 BBC interview in which Noam Chomsky explains his propaganda model of the media to Andrew Marr, including how filters shape what journalists report and the role of self-censorship.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended and quoted in threads on media bias, press and power, and self-censorship.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “The entire interview is worth watching”

    Chomsky discussing Watergate versus COINTELPRO and press bias

    baursak, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror (2018)”

  2. “The 30 minute episode[1] is well worth a watch”

    Chomsky explains how filters shape media viewpoints

    herbstein, 2019-03 · Recommendation · in “Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages”

  3. “This old BBC interview with Noam Chomsky about the topic is also illuminating”

    Old BBC interview on press and power

    k1m, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media”

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Topics: noam chomsky, propaganda, media bias, manufacturing consent, self-censorship

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