In 'democracy', public opinion controls policy, journalists control opinion, colleges indoctrinate journos, speech codes control colleges.
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You're not even close. Public opinion doesn't control policy. Opinion follows party leadership, which controls policy, too.
What influences party leadership then? They still depend on the propagandists -- journalists and academics -- to set the terms of debate.
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It's different on left and right. Academics and MSM on left. Think tanks, talk radio, Fox News, Breitbart, etc. on right.
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Your narrative is basically the Breitbart right-Chomsky one. Elite liberal institutions create false consciousness and manufacture consent.
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An educated Republic can set the terms of debate without journalists or academics (both are overrated) the Internet supersedes both.
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