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Subsequent to the books publication Chomsky does talk censorship in the corporate media (Firing or non-promotion of journalists taking opposing viewpoints, corporate advertisers having influence of news content, corporate publishers discriminating against various viewpoints, etc.).

Subsequent to the books publication Chomsky does talk censorship in the corporate media (Firing or non-promotion of journalists taking opposing viewpoints, corporate advertisers having influence of news content, corporate publishers discriminating against various viewpoints, etc.).

==='Fact checkers' and information experts===

===The role of 'fact checkers' and information experts===

Stavroula Pabst, a writer in [[Greece]], published an article on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and 'disinformation' debunking.  The piece explains this by going back to the writings of the French philosopher Guy Debord and his musings about 'spectacles'.<ref>[https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/guy-debords-warning-of-the-role-of-the-expert-a-philosophical-perspective-on-the-rise-of-fact-checking/ Guy Debord’s Warning of “The Role of the Expert”: A Philosophical Perspective on the Rise of Fact-Checking], Stavroula Pabst, JANUARY 3, 2023.</ref>

Stavroula Pabst, a writer in [[Greece]], published an article on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and 'disinformation' debunking.  The piece explains this by going back to the writings of the French philosopher Guy Debord and his musings about 'spectacles'.<ref>[https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/guy-debords-warning-of-the-role-of-the-expert-a-philosophical-perspective-on-the-rise-of-fact-checking/ Guy Debord’s Warning of “The Role of the Expert”: A Philosophical Perspective on the Rise of Fact-Checking], Stavroula Pabst, JANUARY 3, 2023.</ref>

{{Quotebox|"While anti-disinformation efforts proliferate, what’s missing from the conversation is a discussion about power. Of course, the powerful have reasons for wanting to combat what they consider to be “disinformation” — they want their version of the [[truth]] to become ours. Many commentators observe as such, noting that so-called disinformation researchers, fact-checkers, and experts are often [[partisan]] in nature, and themselves frequently disseminate things that are not true."}}

{{Quotebox|"While anti-disinformation efforts proliferate, what’s missing from the conversation is a discussion about power. Of course, the powerful have reasons for wanting to combat what they consider to be “disinformation” — they want their version of the [[truth]] to become ours. Many commentators observe as such, noting that so-called disinformation researchers, fact-checkers, and experts are often [[partisan]] in nature, and themselves frequently disseminate things that are not true."}}