Noam Chomsky on Mass Media Obsession with Russia & the Stories Not Being Covered in the Trump Era
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#3VPPH)
The New York Times reports special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing President Trump's tweets as part of Mueller's expanding probe into Trump's ties to Russia. This latest revelation in the Mueller investigation is part of a nearly 24-hour stream of headlines about Trump, Russia and the administration's various scandals. But is the mainstream media missing the real stories amid its obsession with "Russiagate"? For more, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and professor Noam Chomsky on media manipulation in the Trump era.