Election Special: How the US Government, Private Arms Industry and Big Media Undermine Democracy at Home and Justify Endless Wars Abroad

In a wide ranging interview focused on coming US presidential
election, Peter Isackson and host Vikram Zutshi unpack what
choices American voters truly have.  They explore the often
pernicious role of the media, the corporate interests that guide
it, and how debate has been stunted given the vested interests
that interplay within this arena - all as framed by what is
appearing to be an American election unlike any other.


Vikram and Peter explore how the mass media ecosystem has evolved
since Chomsky wrote his seminal 1988 work, Manufacturing Consent:
The Political Economy of the Mass Media.  Over the course of
an hour, they explore who are the new players, why the
intelligence community continually lies to the American people,
what is the role of the military-industrial complex - aka the
deep state - in US foreign and domestic policy, how the main
stream media functions as a mouthpiece for US geopolitical
interests, why Snowden and Assange were cast as enemies of the
state by both parties, how the two party system stifles authentic
democratic expression, how identity politics has come to dominate
political discourse while the core issues are brushed under the
carpet, and why the American people are continuously bombarded
with the spectre of Russia. 


Peter Isackson is an author, media producer and chief visionary
officer of Skillscaper, as well as chief strategy officer at Fair
Observer. For more than thirty years, he has dedicated himself to
innovative publishing, coaching, training of trainers and
developing collaborative methods in the field of learning, having
partnered with the BBC, Heinemann and Macmillan along the way.