The Chomp's magnum opus, "Manufacturing Consent," is thick as shit. If you're not into statistics and fairly repetitive writing, it t'ain't for you. But if you like a blow-by-blow dissection of media bullshit on some fairly obscure topics, it eats its Wheaties, then delivers a 720 reverse gorilla slam on the notion of an unbiased media. And you won't believe which way the media is biased! (hint: the fascists win).
Many prognosticators believe that the rise of Internet journalism will vanquish the old media, thus opening things up so the issues discussed in the book won't be as easily hidden. I don't think that's gonna be true. We basically already have dominance in Internet-related news and people still don't really know shit. The Internet can provide a huge amount of information, but most of it is selective and, surprise, prepackaged for the audience. All it has done is made a wider array of choices available. People still go to TheFoxNation for their daily dose of crazy fascist shit (faschit, heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheee).
Once again, it's up to the cowboys and the geniuses like me to take on the system... alone. But I'm not alone. I have the Chomp behind me. Godspeed, Chomp.
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