Demanufacturing Consent: The Adversarial Billionaire, Media Consolidation and False Idols
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Summary: DC on BFP #34 | Mark Mondalek, BFP Contributing Author, joins us to discuss First Look's consolidation of "independent voices"; the lack of criticism over Pierre Omidyar's connections to the national security apparatus, the White House, and USAID; Edward Snowden and the "hero vs. traitor" false dichotomy; and much more.