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Wed, 18 Oct 2006

Turkey is Trying to "Manufacture Consent"

The translators, editor and publishers of Chomsky and Herman's (excellent) book "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media"  are under trial in Turkey under the infamous "301". The charges are "of spreading public hatred and enmity and denigrating Turkish identity, the republic and the Turkish Parliament under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The defendants are facing up to six years in prison apiece." (from http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-16678.html) . Absurd? Well, yeah, but quite the norm in Turkey that is supposed to be reforming itself to be in line with EU norms. Hah hah. BTW, the book was originally published in 1988! And it is now, as if Turkish government decided to proove their point. I wonder if one could even think about showing the brilliantly crafted movie with a similar title? For whatever it is worth it, I think every activist interested in freedoms should watch this movie. 

Curious? Try http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Herman%20/Manufacturing_Consent.html  for some excerpts from the book.

And few words I had to say about it in the past:

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/tdr/tdr1_26_2001.html

 http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/tdr/tdr3_7_2003.html

 http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/tdr/tdr2_11_2002.html

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