How should we decide what makes the news? Imploding submarines and manufacturing consent.

The Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast

In this episode, we use the recent nautical disaster of the imploding submarine to explore how we determine what makes the news, and what should make the news? We examine the model of "newsworthyness" as well as looking at the work of Baudrillard and Chomsky.

Basically, is the news a filter that brings forward diamonds, or does the new have an agenda and weave narratives to guide our thinking, or distract us?

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