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Too polemical or too critical? Chomsky on the study of the news media and US foreign policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2003

Eric Herring  and
Piers Robinson
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Abstract

Noam Chomsky argues that, while the US news media are adversarial towards the US government on foreign policy, institutional filters operate to ensure that the criticisms made generally stay within narrow bounds set by the US political elite. Chomsky's research in this area is largely ignored even by academics who agree with this conclusion. The institutional tendency to filter out anti-elite perspectives applies not only to the news media but also to academia. Consequently, Chomsky's work is marginalised due to its emphasis on corporate power, principled opposition to US foreign policy and the role of academia in buttressing elite power.

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Research Article
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Review of International Studies , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 553 - 568
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© 2003 British International Studies Association

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