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by neo_matrix 1147 days ago
The term "Manufacturing consent" was coined by Noam Chomsky, American philosopher.
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herbstein 1147 days ago
It wasn't. Noam Chomsky readily acknowledges that it was coined by Walter Lippmann in 1922's "Public Opinion".
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acqq 1146 days ago
Indeed it can be found in the book "Public Opinion" (1921) by Lippman:

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6456/pg6456.txt

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