Jack Nicholson is a very angry man. Or, the characters he portrays seem to be prone to outbursts of anger — in every way, shape, or form imaginable. From the controlled rage of A Few Good Men to the absolute psychotic madness of The Shining, Nicholson is capable of expressing every nuance of the emotion. The Nerdwriter looks at Nicholson's career and how his characters are so adept at anger.
You consume media and make decisions based on a reasonable interpretation of the facts presented. Except you don't. This animated short describes Noam Chomsky's theory of the five filters of the mass media, as presented in Manufacturing Consent, a book Chomsky co-authored with Edward S. Herman. The fourth, and now fifth, estate have never been quite as independent as you may have thought.