1. politics and the media
... values so that it becomes a biassed form of communication. The final filter is labeled anticommunism as a control mechanism. Basically, any news story that advocated the Left will be subjected to political harassment. "The ideology and religion of anticommunism is a potent filter" (Chomsky 31). Communism is considered as the "ultimate evil" in the U.S.A., not only does it threaten the government and property owners, it also affects media ownership ... information, then report to advertisers who pay them for these statistics" (Postman 7, 1992). Demographics are also taken into account wh...
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