This talk is from 1990 but it is astonishing how well it holds up. The terms of discourse haven’t changed.
Propaganda Terms in the Media and What They Mean – Noam Chomsky

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor in the History Department at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page
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