" Table Left handed fermions in the Standard Model Fermion (Left-handed) Symbol Electric charge Weak charge* Weak isospin Hypercharge Color charge* Mass** Generation 1 Electron e -1 2 -1/2 -1/2 1 0. 511 MeV Electron neutrino νe 0 2 +1/2 -1/2 1 < 50 eV Positron ec 1 1 0 1 1 0 . 511 MeV Electron antineutrino 0 1 0 0 1 < 50 eV Up quark u +2/3 2 +1/2 +1/6 3 ~5 MeV *** Down quark d -1/3 2 -1/2 +1/6 3 ~10 MeV *** Anti-up antiquark uc -2/3 1 0 -2/3 ~5 MeV *** Anti-down antiquark dc +1/3 1 0 +1/3 ~10 MeV *** Generation 2 Muon μ -1 2 -1/2 -1/2 1 105. 6 MeV Muon neutrino νμ 0 2 +1/2 -1/2 1 < 0. 5 MeV Anti-Muon μc 1 1 0 1 1 105. 6 MeV Muon antineutrino 0 1 0 0 1 < 0. 5 MeV Charm quark c +2/3 2 +1/2 +1/6 3 ~1. Hot Brazilian Model5 GeV Strange quark s -1/3 2 -1/2 +1/6 3 ~100 MeV Anti-charm antiquark cc -2/3 1 0 -2/3 ~1. 5 GeV Anti-strange antiquark sc +1/3 1 0 +1/3 ~100 MeV Generation 3 Tau τ -1 2 -1/2 -1/2 1 1. "

"" (Understanding Power, 18f; emphasis in the original) And so the book studies the examples regarded as paradigmatic examples of the independence of the press, such as the Vietnam war, Watergate, and the Iran-Contra Affair, and argues that these examples actually confirm the model. They also looked at what they perceived as naturally-occurring "historical control groups" where two events, similar in their relevant properties but differing in the expected media attitude towards them, are contrasted using objective measures such as coverage of key events (measured in column inches) or editorials favoring a particular issue (measured in number). Finally, the authors examine what points of view they believe are expressed in the media. In one case, the authors examined over fifty of Stephen Kinzer's articles about Nicaragua in the New York Times. They criticize Kinzer for failing to quote a single person in Nicaragua who is pro-Sandinista and contrast this with polls that Chomsky and Herman cite as reporting a 9% support for all the opposition parties taken together. Based on this example and select others, the authors conclude that such a persistent bias can only be explained by a model like the one they advocate. Applications Since the publication of Manufacturing Consent, both Herman and Chomsky have adopted the theory and have given it a prominent role in their writings, lectures, and theoretical frameworks. Hot Vietnamese Model Chomsky, in particular, has made extensive use of its explanative power to lend support to his own interpretations of mainstream media attitudes towards a wide array of events, including the following: Gulf War (1990) Panama invasion (1989) Iraq invasion (2003). Herman, seeking to build upon a more institutionalized framework to analyze mainstream media functioning, joined the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), which has as its goal the critique, documentation, and statistical analysis of what it alleges is media bias and censorship since 1986. "