http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3006 <!--paging_filter--><p>I've always been wary of the &quot;propaganda model&quot; of journalism. It seems to me more of an excuse for losers than an argument - and a patronising excuse at that, which takes people for fools and dupes. On the Left, disappointed men from Engels through to Chomsky have tried to pretend that their ideas failed not because they were foolish or dangerous but because the ruling class brainwashed the masses by &quot;manufacturing consent&quot; for the established order.<p><a href="/node/3006"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3006#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 09:33:11 +0100 Nick Cohen 3006 at http://standpointmag.co.uk