The predictable belittling of Russell Brand begins. | Things that matter

The predictable belittling of Russell Brand begins. | Things that matter

"In Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman’s classic book on media “Manufacturing Consent” , this process is called Flak. It is one of the five filters which ensure the media stays within parameters that the prevailing state and cooperate power allow.
We see the processing happening almost to the letter constantly throughout the media. Now, Russell Brand is promoting his book, we can see the flak in action as various “commentators” start the process of belittling and undermining the person themselves, as opposed to the actual ideas put forward."

ZCommunications » What ‘Democracy’ Really Means in U.S. and New York times Jargon: Latin American Edition

ZCommunications » What ‘Democracy’ Really Means in U.S. and New York times Jargon: Latin American Edition

You Want To Get Arrested? Russell Brand The Trews (E169)

ZCommunications » George Monbiot, the Left’s McCarthy

ZCommunications » George Monbiot, the Left’s McCarthy

"Monbiot’s clash with Herman, Peterson and Chomsky is not really over the facts of a genocide, but over who has a right to speak. Monbiot, embedded in the camp of the corporate media, has adopted its ethos as his own. Those who are respected – that is, those who stay within the limits of officially sanctioned thought – have the right to advance their claims. Those outside the magic circle – those not credited by the corporate guardians of legitimate thought – do not. Herman, Peterson and Chomsky’s work implicitly exposes the vacuous and circular logic of Monbiot’s assumptions."