Editing Propaganda model (section)

== Applications ==
{{See also|Media coverage of the Iraq War|Media coverage of climate change}}

Since the publication of ''Manufacturing Consent'', Herman and Chomsky have adopted the theory and have given it a prominent role in their writings, lectures and theoretical frameworks. Chomsky has made extensive use of its explanative power to lend support to his interpretations of mainstream media attitudes towards a wide array of events, including the following:
* [[Gulf War]] (1990), the media's failure to report on Saddam's peace offers.{{sfn|Edwards|1998}}
* [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq invasion]] (2003), the media's failure to report on the [[legality of the Iraq War|legality of the war]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfKpiETLgM Illegal but Legitimate: a Dubious Doctrine for the Times. ] University of Washington. April 20, 2005.</ref> despite overwhelming public opinion in favor of only invading Iraq with UN authorization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/7195/Support-Invasion-Iraq-Remains-Contingent-UN-Approval.aspx|title=Support for Invasion of Iraq Remains Contingent on U.N. Approval|first=Gallup|last=Inc|date=November 12, 2002|website=Gallup.com}}</ref>{{sfn|Page|2008|p=109}} According to the liberal watchdog group [[Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting]], there was a disproportionate focus on pro-war sources while total [[anti-war]] sources only made up 10% of the media (with only 3% of US sources being anti-war).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Steve Rendall  |author2=Tara Broughel |name-list-style=amp |year=2003 |title=Amplifying Officials, Squelching Dissent |journal=Extra!  |publisher=[[Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting]] |url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1145 }}</ref>
* [[Global warming]], a 2004 study found that the media gives near equal balance to people who [[Climate change denial|deny climate change]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050204172728/http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1978 Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias], FAIR</ref> despite only "about one percent" of climate scientists taking this view.{{sfn|Anderegg|Prall|Harold|Schneider|2010}} Chomsky commented that there are "three sides" on climate change (deniers, those who follow the scientific consensus, and people who think that the consensus underestimates the threat from global warming), but in framing the debate the media usually ignore people who say that the scientific consensus is unduly optimistic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3cNc2JoMA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/_O3cNc2JoMA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Noam Chomsky and Bill McKibben on Global Warming|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2 June 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>