alt Hacker News"Manufactured consent" was a term Chomsky introduced for the way in which US mass media operates, so it shouldn't be terribly surprising to find that the pattern matches. (One thing I'd encourage people to think about: would it be better to have a media that avoids manufacturing consent by never challenging the general public's biases and preconceptions?)
Are you saying the opposite of manufacturing consent would result in a media that isn’t challenging and conforms to people’s biases?
The way I see it you can do both at once. Exaggerating/downplaying stories in a way that confirms biases is something the media does today (see MSNBC/Fox News), and I’d argue it’s absolutely a form of manufactured consent.