Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Pros: Excellent, in-depth analysis

Cons: 12 years old, problem has gotten worse

Review: Manipulation remains the name of the game. Americans, as a whole, remain suspicious of the government, the military-industrial complex, and the corporate media. Certain groups, mockingly referred to as the "black-helicopter clique", support...

Pros: Eye-opening and passionate attack on American foreign policy.

Cons: Could have been better written.

Review: I remember when I was a kid that I thought the Vietnam war was very simple: one side, the Vietnamese, were in the right, the other, the Americans, in the wrong. As I grew up, my views became more "balanced" without my learning much more about...