Pretty fascinating animation here (narrated by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!) that takes the time to explain Noam Chomsky's "5 Filters of Mass Media" from his book Manufacturing Consent. The idea (and book) were published in 1988 and was based on previous publications from the 1920's and late 1880's. That is to say, this isn't a new idea but it does feel more relevant these days.

This isn't a slag on Fox News or "fake news" or any particular political bend. Nor is it a conspiracy theory that I'm brewing in my own brain (those seeds are hard to unsow). It's a video of a concept that's worth being aware of. What action we take beyond that is still unknown.