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We hear a lot about "the liberal media" usually from people who are probably confusing 'liberal' and 'literate.' The fact is, media are increasingly controlled by a handful of conglomerates with decided corporate and authoritarian biases. Fox News is probably the worst offender, but the mainstream media are by no means exempt. This is an extremely troubling development, given that an informed populace is the lifeblood of democracy.

As an intellectual social critic, Noam Chomsky is often vilified by conservatives. In fact, as the inventor of linguistics, Chomsky habitually and literally "knows what he's talking about." As with other Chomsky works, the scholarship in this book is impeccable.