If you don't know what COINTELPRO is/was please read up on it here. Its important for smugness later.
Andrew Marr studiously claims to be neutral but personal observations he is at the very least an ardent supporter of the status quo. However I can put forward a fairly damning piece of evidence, he was Tony Blair's chosen sole TV interview, which aired last wednesday, for the launch of his autobiography. If you're allowed to interview people that powerful you sure as hell wont say anything the elite consider controversial.
Anyway back in 1996 he interviewed Chomsky about the Propaganda model, its especially fun for British people to see him squirm uncomfortably but it has a more universal worth, it shows how those who merrily work within the propaganda model react to being confronted with the reality of things.
Chomsky does seem to be competing with Zizek for the most uncomfortable speech patterns of a leftist in public in these videos but I hope you enjoyed them anyway.
No comments:
Post a Comment