7PM: American Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist, who still believes that a vast media conspiracy came together to unfairly demonize Pol Pot's reign of terror. The Canadian docu MANUFACTURING CONSENT (1992, 167 mins, English) is presented by the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia. Filmmakers Mark Achbar and Peter Witonick focus on his activities as a political dissident and media critic. Particular attention is paid to his contention that the American mass media serves as a form of thought control in a democratic society, with major news organizations systematically bending the truth to support the status quo.