Critically examine the mainstream news media's reportage of a political protest or action,drawing on the theories of Parenti,Chomsky,and Herman.

Essays will vary,but students are required to demonstrate a strongly critical analysis of dominant interests,propaganda,and slanting by the corporate media.Should include knowledge of the following:
Michael Parenti argues that in capitalist societies,the corporate news media faithfully reflect the dominant class's ideology in what they choose to cover and in the words they use to describe it-while at the same time giving the impression that they are being fair and objective.That is,it is not so much that mainstream media define how we think;rather,it is that they grant legitimacy and exposure to certain views over others.
Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky assert that the media intentionally create a social environment favourable to the dominant classes.Indeed,since most mainstream media are owned by large corporations,information presented to the public may be slanted to protect the interests of those corporations.By manipulating the stories that they cover and the manner in which they present those stories,media effectively "manufacture" consent through their filtering.This filtering generally takes two forms: (1)deciding not to cover a story,or (2)presenting a story in such a way as to diffuse or bias its content.As you can imagine,such filtering influences how people see and interpret the social world;it helps to define their reality.