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For the unfamiliar.

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky

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And based on the earlier concept by Walter Lippmann, first expressed in his 1922 book Public Opinion, which arguably birthed 20th century putatively impartial professional journalism.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)#Manufact...>

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