It's often referred to as the "hypodermic needle" theory of communication
and in some ways bears similarity on the left to Chomsky et al's "levers of
power" metaphor.
Ann
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> The ACU wrote:
>
> >It's fairly simple: When one considers the proposed
> >ban against all political advertising 60 days prior to an election,
> >who, at that critical juncture, will control the hearts and minds
> >of Americans going into Election Day, other than the leftist
> >press?
>
> Just for arguments sake, let's pretend the ACU is accurate in its
> assessment of the political leanings of the U.S. media. Then what the ACU
> is saying is that Americans are so sponge-like and sheep-like that this
> "leftist press" controls their hearts and minds. What is interesting about
> the ACU "analysis", then, is not their bizarre contentions about the
> left-wing bias of the press but their even more bizarre implicit theory of
> consciousness and communications.
>
> Tom Walker
> (604) 947-2213
>
>
