Smiley Face - Herman and Chomsky

Herman and Chomsky shed light on the manipulative industry of the news and the mass media. They highlight the over-powering control the government and elite news organizations have over the distribution of news and the deterioration of news being produced for profit rather than quality. The ruling elite in the government and the media industry use news as a form of producing and maintaining ideologies and fear in society, so that in response to the fear viewers are more likely to hand over their rights to freedom to the government who then have more control.
The article "CONQUERING THE MINDS,CONQUERING IRAQ - The social production of misinformation in the United States – a case study" by Arsenault and Castell in CMC 200, use Herman and Chombsky's concept of mass control over the news produced from the elite and apply it to the news produced on the Iraq war. The article reports a study conducted on FOX news viewers and viewers of other less predominant news provider. They were asked question on the link between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks (which there weren't) and whether or not Iraq held weapons of mass destruction (which they didn't). There was a large increase in viewer misconceptions from those who relied on FOX who consequently believed that there were weapons on mass destruction in Iraq and that Iraq was part of the 9/11 attacks. Arsenault and Castell identify those larger media distributors as 'conveyors' of news, a point Herman and Chombsky make when stating how elite news groups insist on viewing the news objectively. In contrast those smaller news organizations view the news as subjective and therefore critically analyze the news before presenting it to their audience to ensure truth and fact.
As a child you are bought up to believe that there is a solid difference between good and bad, truth and lies, right and wrong. From growing up you become more aware of the line between good and bad getting thinner and thinner. Now, in our 21st century American culture the media has taken that line one step further by distorting it more in order to make capital from the audience. How can children grow in a society that can openly tell 'white' lies for the benefit of increasing capital? What will become of those children exposed to constant misinformation from presumably reliable sources? Will the disintegration of government and monopoly morals ultimately lead to the lose of morals in the viewer?