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Noam Chomsky Stumps Andrew Marr

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A three-minute clip of Noam Chomsky in an exchange with BBC journalist Andrew Marr about media filtering and self-censorship. Chomsky argues that people reach positions precisely because they would not say things that conflict with the system.

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Cited as the source of Chomsky's 'you wouldn't be sitting where you're sitting' line in threads on media bias and corporate employees defending their employers.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2019–2022

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herbstein · 2019-03 · Recommendation

> Thus (not having read it myself), Manufacturing Consent could show how emergent properties of mass media might lead to them pushing a certain incorrect world view, rather than proposing a theory that requires the teams behind them to all agree to conspire and none of them to make that public knowledge. That is right. Chomsky proposes 5 filters through which this process happens. These filters operate, according to Chomsky, not just in media, but in all of society. From kindergarten to our deadbeds. I think this was best illustrated with Chomsky's 1996 interview in "The Big Idea" on BBC by Andrew Marr. Chomsky is outlining how the filters make sure certain viewpoints are popularized, and Andrew Marr asks "How can you know that I'm self-censoring?". To which Chomsky replies "I'm not saying you're self-censoring. I'm sure you believe everything you're saying. But what I'm saying is, if you believed something different, you wouldn't be sitting where you're sitting." The 30 minute episode[1] is well worth a watch, but the three minute clip of the above exchange is also available[2]. [1]: [LINK] [2]: [VIDEO]

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r0uv3n · 2022-09 · Reference

I believe this [1] should be the interview, found it via leaving out the quotes and using "Chomsky" instead of "Noam". [1] [VIDEO]

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aahortwwy · 2021-08 · Reference

"I'm not saying you're self-censoring; I'm sure you believe everything you're saying. What I'm saying is that if you believed something different you wouldn't be sitting where you're sitting." [VIDEO]

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