The Hidden Ideology of the Mass Media - Parenti

Michael Parenti Mass media are owned by huge corporations that have a definite ideological agenda. Yet it is a staple verging on dogma that the mass media are independent - objective and liberal. This is repeated like a mantra and never challenged. Detailed studies and documentation refute the liberal label. Nevertheless - the charge of liberal bias persists and has become part of the political culture. (audio cassette - 60 minutes - 1997) Michael Parenti is a distinguished political scientist - author and lecturer and one of this country's foremost independent political analysts. He received his PhD from Yale. He has taught at major colleges and universities in the US and abroad. He is the author of Democracy for the Few - Against Empire - Blackshirts and Reds and History As Mystery.