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The Hogs of Entropy 0529
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Noam Chomsky, world famous professor of linguistics at M.I.T.,
says the media's role in society is the manufacture of consent. That is,
the media serves to set the political agenda of the country, frames the
issues of debate, and distracts the public from more important factors
affecting their lives in favor of sitcoms, sports, and infomercials. By
now, most of us should realize this.
But here's a recent example, if you're not convinced. Did you see
the movie "Urban Legends"? Remember the one about the girl who eats at
Taco Bell and ends up with a tongue full of roach eggs? Well, evidently
Taco Bell is denying this. Yep! Can you believe it!? Taco Bell is
actually saying its food is ok to eat! Who would have thought that's what
they'd say? For my part I was totally fooled. I just assumed like many of
you, that they'd go right along with it an be like "Yeah, our food is
dirty, unsafe, and full of bugs. So? What's the matter? Can't handle a
little RISK when you eat?" We assumed wrong though, they tried to save
their image and profits by denying the whole story. Yep, I never saw
that one coming. It's a good thing that made the news! It's a good thing
there is nothing more important going on in the world that those precious
column inches could have been used to tell us about. Thank you, mister
newspaper company!
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[ (c) !LA HOE REVOLUCION PRESS! #529 - WRITTEN BY: UBERFIZZGIG - 3/21/99 ]
