Editing Propaganda model (section)

===Coverage of "enemy" countries===
{{quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote=[The polls] show that all of the [[Elections in Nicaragua|opposition parties in Nicaragua]] combined had the support of only 9 percent of the population, but they have 100 percent of [[Stephen Kinzer]].|source=—[[Noam Chomsky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/lem02/chomsky1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119230506/http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/lem02/chomsky1.html|archive-date=19 January 2015|title=Chomsky, Understanding Power}}</ref>}}

Examples of bias given by the authors include the failure of the media to question the [[legality of the Vietnam War]] while greatly emphasizing the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] as an [[War of aggression|act of aggression]].{{sfn|Herman|Chomsky|2002|p=252}}

Other biases include a propensity to emphasize violent acts such as [[genocide]] more in enemy or unfriendly countries such as [[Kosovo]] while ignoring greater genocide in allied countries such as the [[Indonesian occupation of East Timor]].{{sfn|Herman|Chomsky|2002|p=xx}} This bias is also said to exist in foreign elections, giving favorable media coverage to fraudulent elections in allied countries such as [[El Salvador]] and [[Guatemala]], while unfavorable coverage is given to legitimate elections in enemy countries such as [[Nicaragua]].{{sfn|Herman|Chomsky|2002|p=112}}

[[File:Iraq War Media Sources Opinion Percentage.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|A study found that in the lead up to the Iraq War, most sources were overwhelmingly in favor of the invasion.]]

Chomsky also asserts that the media accurately covered events such as the [[Second Battle of Fallujah|Battle of Fallujah]] but because of an ideological bias, it acted as pro-government propaganda. In describing coverage of raid on Fallujah General Hospital he stated that ''[[The New York Times]]'', "accurately recorded the battle of Fallujah but it was celebrated... it was a celebration of ongoing war crimes".<ref>{{cite news|title=Chomsky: US won't acknowledge Iraq war crimes|author=Saba Hamedy|url=http://dailyfreepress.com/2010/09/19/chomsky-us-wont-acknowledge-iraq-war-crimes/|newspaper=The Daily Free Press|date=19 September 2010|access-date=6 January 2011}}</ref> The article in question was "[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/international/middleeast/08hospital.html Early Target of Offensive Is a Hospital]".