Chomsky on Palestine

[Michael Perelman]

Doug, I wonder what mass following means.  Wall Street was a successful
book, just like Chomsky's.  Would you say that you have a mass following?
Instead, people like us operate within a limited enclave, which is
receptive.  The people who buy Wall Street/Chomsky/.... tend to be without
much influence and to feel somewhat isolated from the mainstream.

I heard your interview with Palast.  In all of his interviews, he seems to
express a fervent desire to find an audience outside of the enclave, yet
so far has not succeeded.

To some extent, Michael Moore has.  Is it because of his humor or because
his politics are not as threatening as those of Chomsky?

I don't have any answers here, just questions.

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 01:28:05PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> Just goes to show you can be ignored by the NYT and still develop a 
> mass following.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
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