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Noam Chomsky, world famous professor of linguistics at M.I.T.,
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says the media's role in society is the manufacture of consent. That is,
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the media serves to set the political agenda of the country, frames the
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issues of debate, and distracts the public from more important factors
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affecting their lives in favor of sitcoms, sports, and infomercials. By
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now, most of us should realize this.
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But here's a recent example, if you're not convinced. Did you see
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the movie "Urban Legends"? Remember the one about the girl who eats at
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Taco Bell and ends up with a tongue full of roach eggs? Well, evidently
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Taco Bell is denying this. Yep! Can you believe it!? Taco Bell is
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actually saying its food is ok to eat! Who would have thought that's what
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they'd say? For my part I was totally fooled. I just assumed like many of
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you, that they'd go right along with it an be like "Yeah, our food is
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dirty, unsafe, and full of bugs. So? What's the matter? Can't handle a
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little RISK when you eat?" We assumed wrong though, they tried to save
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their image and profits by denying the whole story. Yep, I never saw
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that one coming. It's a good thing that made the news! It's a good thing
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there is nothing more important going on in the world that those precious
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column inches could have been used to tell us about. Thank you, mister
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newspaper company!
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[ (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #529 - WRITTEN BY: UBERFIZZGIG - 3/21/99 ]
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