Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda - Softcover

Chomsky, Noam

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Synopsis

In a collection of letters written to Lies Of Our Times Magazine, Noam Chomsky outlines the role of the media in justifying US Government and corporate actions. The letters, written between 1990 and 1993, examine media coverage of events and issues ranging from the Middle East “peace process”, the US invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, the UN, the Soviet Union, terrorism and democracy to the coup in Haiti.

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About the Author

Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author recently of Hopes and Prospects (2010) and Power and Terror (Paradigm 2011). His articles and books revolutionized the contemporary study of linguistics and his political writings are widely read and translated throughout the world. In 2003 a profile of Chomsky in the New Yorker described his influence as one of the most cited scholars in history.

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The events have changed, but the patterns should still be recognizable on the evening news. -- Book News

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