Analysis Of Noam Choomsky's Manufacturing Consent

Noam Chomsky opened my eyes to the way that the media presents certain situations to us in Manufacturing Consent. He believes that about 20 percent, which is also known as a specialized or political class, vote and participate in democracy, but they are forced to accept certain beliefs without question. Then there is the other 80 percent of people are marginalized and diverted because they are blinded by “necessary illusions” and are made never to want to participate in democracy. This means that America’s democracy does not function in an ideal sense.
An ideal democracy would be one that every citizen would make it their duty to participate and the citizens would control what was going on. However, this is not how democracy in America works; our democracy is blinded by “necessary illusions.” These illusions are fueled by the elite to make sure that people either won’t become curious and want to be involved in the political process, but that people will also continue to believe and listen to what the powerful elite are trying to make us believe.
The major media has a huge part to do with the way our democracy is shaped because the media is often owned and controlled by them, so they can share and manipulate their viewers
Either they don’t talk about these ideas or they state them so briefly that we can’t understand the full issue and have no time to form an opinion. I find that these two examples are very convincing and made me agree to what Chomsky said, because I can relate to both of them. I find that our media often don’t give enough coverage to essential things, so either you forget about it or you have to take the time to go seek out other media that covered the same issue in more depth, but never knowing if you are getting the full truth or