The most quoted intellectual in the entire world, Noam Chomsky, happens to live in the United States--but in order to have his say about the upcoming U.S. presidential election he must go to a non-corporate Canadian outlet (Real News, 10/20/08), where he suggests "voting against McCain, which means voting for Obama--without illusions":

It's not that the Democrats represent public opinion--they don't--in fact, like the Republicans, they're pretty well to the right of public opinion on a host of major issues, including those of most importance to the public. In fact what's happening now--it's interesting it's not being discussed--...it tells you a lot about American democracy: For years, decades in fact, one of the leading concerns, if not the top concern, of the public has been the healthcare system. Which is understandable. It's a total catastrophe.

See FAIR's magazine Extra!: "Media on Healthcare: Saying What They Don't Mean" (1-2/08) by Janine Jackson

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