But where those commentators let their logic flow to the view that the mass media are agents of a murky, pinkish plot to subvert America's morals and manners and make it safe for communism, Parenti argues that the media manipulate the public into being good little cogs in the capitalist wheel. To start with, Parenti uses a style of disputation reminiscent of Spiro Agnew or Edith Efron in her books about the news-twisters. A strangely argued analysis of the communications industry, based upon the author's contention that America's mass media propagate opinions and advertise for life styles as writ upon stone tablets passed down from the Mount Sinai of corporate boardrooms.
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