The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace.Edward S. Herman
It is the function of experts to make complex and critical areas of human problem-solving look so simple that they may be managed by the few who are willing and able to sustain the illusions of reassurance and control.Edward S. Herman
The raw material of news must pass through successive filters, leaving only the cleansed residue fit to print.Edward S. Herman
The media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly.Edward S. Herman
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.Edward S. Herman
What is called 'objectivity,' is the stance of an observer who conceals his commitments behind an official neutrality that magically confers an elevated status of 'fact.'Edward S. Herman
Money talks in politics, converting private wealth into public policy.Edward S. Herman
By choosing the Functionaries, Adjuncts, or Accessories wisely, the manager can enhance his own and his institution’s reputation and avoid flak.Edward S. Herman
The greater the pain of suppression, the greater the gain in reducing the threat to the interests of the dominant sectors.Edward S. Herman
Even when the system's failure for humans is most patently disastrous as in Vietnam or Central America, it works magnificently for the corporations supplying the goods and services that keep the system going.Edward S. Herman