“The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences. They want to rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that kind of business. To do that, you’ve got to play the game, and playing the game means telling their lies, serving as their disinformation apparatus.”
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, political activist, and author.
Chomsky's quote reveals the close entanglement of media and state power and warns how media can function as tools of disinformation.
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Noam Chomsky on Media, State Power, and Disinformation – Revealed!
Noam Chomsky reveals how media are closely tied to state power and often act as instruments of disinformation.
Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, political activist, and author. He is considered the father of modern linguistics and is also a prominent critic of US foreign policy and the media landscape.
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