Glenn Loury

And I would say that that relationship has been a wake-up call for me in that she brings a perspective that's very different from my conventional... I read the New York Times, and I pretty much believe when I'm reading. I read the Washington Post. I read the Wall Street Journal. I read the Chronicles of Higher Education. I, you know... And, you know, that's what they're saying.

And, you know, I take it seriously. And I watch television. I watch the Sunday shows. And she's like, man, that is all manufactured consent. She's going to pull out Noam Chomsky on me. So I say all that to say, while I am not necessarily going to parrot her perspective on things, they have caused me, encountering her perspective has caused me to revisit some of my own assumptions.

And, you know, I take it seriously. And I watch television. I watch the Sunday shows. And she's like, man, that is all manufactured consent. She's going to pull out Noam Chomsky on me. So I say all that to say, while I am not necessarily going to parrot her perspective on things, they have caused me, encountering her perspective has caused me to revisit some of my own assumptions.

And, you know, I take it seriously. And I watch television. I watch the Sunday shows. And she's like, man, that is all manufactured consent. She's going to pull out Noam Chomsky on me. So I say all that to say, while I am not necessarily going to parrot her perspective on things, they have caused me, encountering her perspective has caused me to revisit some of my own assumptions.

Yeah, I think so. Sure.

Yeah, I think so. Sure.

Yeah, I think so. Sure.

Because it turns out that, and this actually relates to the book that I have coming out from Polity Books called Self-Censorship in a couple of months. It makes me aware of the fact that the discussion of controversial and sensitive matters that is sanitized and acceptable in the mainstream venues is only the tip of the iceberg of legitimate discussion and debate.

Because it turns out that, and this actually relates to the book that I have coming out from Polity Books called Self-Censorship in a couple of months. It makes me aware of the fact that the discussion of controversial and sensitive matters that is sanitized and acceptable in the mainstream venues is only the tip of the iceberg of legitimate discussion and debate.

Because it turns out that, and this actually relates to the book that I have coming out from Polity Books called Self-Censorship in a couple of months. It makes me aware of the fact that the discussion of controversial and sensitive matters that is sanitized and acceptable in the mainstream venues is only the tip of the iceberg of legitimate discussion and debate.

And that there, if you don't do your quote unquote, your own research, if you don't exert an effort, um, if, if you don't look around, if you don't listen to, uh, alternative voices, uh, if you don't access independent media, which we're our wash, a wash in now, but which is relatively new last quarter century or so, um, you're being led around by the nose.

And that there, if you don't do your quote unquote, your own research, if you don't exert an effort, um, if, if you don't look around, if you don't listen to, uh, alternative voices, uh, if you don't access independent media, which we're our wash, a wash in now, but which is relatively new last quarter century or so, um, you're being led around by the nose.

And that there, if you don't do your quote unquote, your own research, if you don't exert an effort, um, if, if you don't look around, if you don't listen to, uh, alternative voices, uh, if you don't access independent media, which we're our wash, a wash in now, but which is relatively new last quarter century or so, um, you're being led around by the nose.

You're, you're, you're being, uh, how did Malcolm X, you've been bamboozled. You're being hoodwinked. You're, you're, uh, I'm not exercising your full critical capacities. You have to exert the effort to look beyond what's right in front of your nose.

You're, you're, you're being, uh, how did Malcolm X, you've been bamboozled. You're being hoodwinked. You're, you're, uh, I'm not exercising your full critical capacities. You have to exert the effort to look beyond what's right in front of your nose.

You're, you're, you're being, uh, how did Malcolm X, you've been bamboozled. You're being hoodwinked. You're, you're, uh, I'm not exercising your full critical capacities. You have to exert the effort to look beyond what's right in front of your nose.

A little bit. Yeah.

A little bit. Yeah.

A little bit. Yeah.

Well, for example, I pretty much take what my government says to be, until proven otherwise, true and reliable. And I have reason now to be more skeptical about that.