I’m a bit wider in my attitude toward manufacturing consent. I see it all kind of places.OK but it is sort of shows you how out in left field this guy can be. From what I can tell he had to really walk back some past statements.
Listening to just half of this clip and reading the notes talking about what he said concerning the newspaper coverage, I can completely see why some folks would say or think "He supported the Khmer Rouge". It would almost be like if the Genocide of the Holocaust came to light earlier in World War II and someone nit picked the coverage and spoke about how things were being exaggerated.
(time passes, I listen to the rest of the clip) Yes I actually completely agree with the idea that he supported Pol Pot. When you listen to his tone of voice, and read the specific things he was saying concerning the press coverage in 1977 etc. the real crime in his mind seems to be that the press savaged Pol Pot rather than what Pol Pot did. By the way if you are dealing with inaccurate reporting on an issue like this the notion that this might be due to problems of getting information in a Totalitarian country should also be a major consideration.
It's kind of funny the notion of "Manufacturing Consent", you have examples that liberals cite to build the cause to go to war etc. yet you got that other inverse case of going to easy on a dictator because you like his social programs.
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