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The limits of Chomsky are in his rejection of dialectical materialism, as well as his liberalism, which you accurately call "anarcho-liberalism." This frame of analysis severely limits the extent of Chomsky's own analysis. Parenti isn't burdened by such a limitation. From On Chomsky:
All of this is a horrible butchering of Marxism, and easily verified as incorrect (such as the idea that Marx never used the word "dialectics:"
I actually did read On Chomsky. I was asking specifically about the contents of Inventing Reality vs Manufacturing Consent.
Parenti gets nearer to the truth by describing propaganda as fabricating a new version of reality, "alternative facts," while Chomsky focuses more on bias, minimization, and exaggeration. While Chomsky is correct on a lot of it, Parenti completes the thought, so to speak, leaving it more complete.
Awesome. I can't put a deadline on it since engineering school is a thing, but I'll get around to it eventually
No worries, and good luck on your studies!