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What George Carlin Taught Us about Media Propaganda by Omission
Cohen, Jeff http://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/19/what-george-carlin-taught-us-about-media-propaganda-by-omission/
Publisher: CounterPunch
Date Written: 19/09/2019
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
In the old George Carlin joke, the TV sportscaster announces: "Here's a partial score from the West Coast – Los Angeles 6." For a brilliant comedian like Carlin -- who skewered corporate power, class structure and political/media propaganda – that's one of his more innocuous jokes. But it's sharply relevant today as corporate TV news outlets serve up a series of partial scores. Call it 'propaganda by omission.'
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