1. CHOMSKY’S FILTERS

2. 1. Size/ownership/profit orientation of mass media
2. Advertising
3. Dependence on sources (official sources and corporate sources)…
4. “Flak”
5. Anti-communism

3. Eric Alterman
Main claim: media is NOT liberal, conservatives who say it is are “working the refs”
What does he base his argument on?

4. Alterman argument Conservative outlets (Fox, WSJ, NY Post)
Elite journalists hold socially liberal views but are overall affluent – affluence is associated with economically conservative views
“You’re only as liberal as the man who owns you”
- Structure of news industry
Self-censorship/related to the necessity of catering to advertising interests

5. Examples of media’s conservatism
NAFTA
CNBC
Punditry (Bill O’Reilly, Ann Coulter etc.)