Covid Censorship and Manufacturing Consent

The disturbing ramifications of silencing contrarian views

Alex Gutentag in Tablet:

In 1922, the American political commentator Walter Lippmann coined the term “manufacturing consent.” In Lippmann’s view, the best solutions to complex problems in a democracy could not be determined by the masses; rather, democracy should be managed by a “specialized class” and a “bureau of experts” that could best understand co…