Reply #29: actually Chomsky himself does not believe that and he rejects

[Douglas Carpenter]

conspiracy theory as a way of thinking in general. You may considering reading his book 911

here is a link to an article on ZMag which deals with Dr. Chomsky's thinking about this matter:

http://www.zmag.org/ParEcon/conspiracy.htm

"For Chomsky, the problem is to discern the underlying institutional causes of foreign policy. The modus operandi of the institutional theorist would not make much sense for discovering which individuals conceived and argued for a policy, or who in particular decided to bomb a civilian shelter. To understand why these things happen, however, and under what conditions they will or will not continue to happen, institutional theory is indispensable and the motives, methods, and timetables of the actual perpetrators are beside the point.
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The conspiracy approach will lead people to believe that either:

(a) They should educate the malefactors to change their motives, or

(b) They should get rid of the malefactors and back new editors, writers, newscasters, or owners.

The institutional approach will note the possible gains from changes in personnel, but explain how limited these changes will be. It will incline people

(a) Toward a campaign of constant pressure to offset the constant institutional pressures for obfuscation, or

(b) Toward the creation of new media free from the institutional pressures of the mainstream."