Title: The Journalist from Mars by Noam Chomsky Category:Social Sciences / Communication Studies Details: Words: 720 | Pages: 3.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Journalist from Mars by Noam Chomsky
The Journalist from Mars
It is true that in this technological advance society, the media control and defines our lives in every aspect. We depend totally on media for the information regarding our day to day affairs but also what is going on around the world. Moreover we trust the media blindly, without questioning the authenticity, impartiality and accuracy. The pictures have a huge impact on how we see things; we tend to believe everything the media shows and tells us. Thus we depend on …showed first 85 words of 720 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 720 total…Martian as journalists he creates an objective view of the situation which the world-journalists should take. I think this article brilliantly demonstrates how government uses the terrorism tactics in order to protect its own flawed ideology, Chomsky clearly tells us that there is no difference between these oppressive governments and terrorists because both are oppressing people and crushing individual freedom and critical thinking, the most important values in democratic societies.
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Chomsky, Noam "The Journalist from Mars" from the book "Media Control", Seven Stories Press, 2002
