#107 Matthew Alford: Understanding Mass Media

Christian talks to author, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer in media Dr Matthew Alford about mass media as an institution and relates it to coverage of Modern Monetary Theory.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast   For an intro to MMT: Listen to our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417   All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   National Security Cinema by Matthew Alford and Tom Secker: https://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Security-Cinema-Government-Hollywood/dp/1548084980   Follow Matthew on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWriterWithNoHands   "A mainstream outlet accepted my pitch on what media refuses to say about US empire – then refused to let me say it" by Matthew Alford: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/05/13/mainstream-outlet-media-refuses-say/   For more on the Propaganda Model: https://www.medialens.org/the-propaganda-model/   Media critical projects: Media Lens: https://www.medialens.org/ Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): https://fair.org/ FAIR's podcast, "Counterspin": https://fair.org/counterspin-radio/ Citations Needed podcast: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/ Democracy Now!: https://www.democracynow.org/   Details about the 2nd International European MMT conference (September 13th-15th 2021): https://www.mmtconference.eu A list of upcoming MMT events and courses: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47531455   A list of MMT-informed campaigns and organisations worldwide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47900757   We are working towards full transcripts, but in the meantime, closed captions for all episodes are available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEp_nGVTuMfBun2wiG-c0Ew/videos