James and Tom discuss "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media" and how liberal democracy gins up "consent" with the tools of the "neutral" media.

Links:  Testing Theories of American Politics (Gilens and Page, Princeton Study) Some Confounding Studies | Vox "'Manufacturing Consent' in Action" | Current Affairs Easy Essay: The Myth of Liberal Neutrality | Tradistae Support us on Patreon