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Originally Posted by Machette

A publisher which is usually in the business to make a profit usually doesn't care about it's "image"...general electric which owns nbc and universial makes huge profits off of different mediums but they also make fighter jet engines..does that not tarnish their so called "image"...they make a profit that's what their share holders want...and publishing something controversial as we all know only makes it bigger over time, their is massive money to be made off of people like chomsky. I'm not saying publishers discredit everyone and everything from being published I'm saying their is a limit.


Also those links don't work, guess I need a password. eek:

I thought they might not, they are from a scholarly journal called jstor and I think I can only access it because I'm on the University network.

And of course companies care about image, if they get a bad image, they will have decreased profits. And I know GE makes military products, I just don't see how that tarnishs their image at all. Are you saying making military products makes a company bad? I don't agree at all, and I would say most Americans wouldn't either. I don't think their is massive money to be made off of left wing extremists because the majority of the country wouldn't agree with them, they would just get angry at what they have to say.