Disinformation. The Manufacture of consent
Disinformation is a technique used by the printed and electronic media in order to create national opinion and consent. It is a technique of half truths, bias editorials and the excl u- sion of pertinent information. It pretends to be objective and fair. Most importantly it plays on a people's belief in a "Free Press". Propaganda on the other hand, is government- endorsed ideology, which is forced on a people for the purposes of "education and of course, their own good" (as perceived by the State).