Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky identified “sourcing” and “flak” as two of the five key filters in their book Manufacturing Consent.
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- Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky identified “sourcing” and “flak” as two of the five key filters in their book Manufacturing Consent.
In their influential book “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media,” Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky identified “sourcing” and “flak” as two of the five key filters that dictate what makes the news and what does not.
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Origin: extracted from ABC News had the goods on Jeffrey Epstein years ago — and killed the story · 2026-09-13 23:31