▁keeping ▁the ▁US ▁public ▁in ▁fear ▁and ▁was ▁ens uring ▁an ▁on going ▁international ▁market ▁for ▁weapon ry . ▁However , ▁he ▁thought ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁" rec urr ing ▁att ribution ▁problems " ▁in ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁text , ▁for ▁instance ▁by ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁international ▁press ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁a ▁hom ogeneous ▁entity ▁with ▁a ▁single ▁point ▁of ▁view . ▁Ult imately , ▁he ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁had ▁something ▁to ▁teach ▁educ ators ▁of ▁journal ism : ▁that ▁"[ w ] hen ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁desire ▁of ▁the ▁power ▁el ite ▁to ▁move ▁on ▁an ▁issue , ▁and ▁the ▁population ▁is ▁generally ▁opposed , ▁then ▁the ▁issue ▁is ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁political ▁ar ena ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁news ▁media ▁prior ities ▁– ▁dist raction ▁being ▁a ▁primary ▁method ." ▁ ▁El iza ▁Mat he ws ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Queensland ▁published ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁the ▁Journal ▁of ▁Australian ▁Studies . ▁She ▁considered ▁it ▁similar ▁to ▁other ▁books ▁critic izing ▁Bush ' s ▁administration , ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁of ▁Michael ▁Moore , ▁John ▁Dean , ▁and ▁Bob ▁Wood ward , ▁but ▁thought ▁it ▁novel ▁in ▁acknowled ging ▁prior ▁policy . ▁She ▁thought ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁research ▁to ▁be ▁" ina de qu ate " ▁in ▁supporting ▁his ▁arguments , ▁re lying ▁too ▁heavily ▁on ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁and ▁not ▁ver ifying ▁secondary ▁sources . ▁In ▁other ▁instances , ▁she ▁thought ▁it ▁uns atisf actory ▁that ▁Ch om sky ▁used ▁his ▁own ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁reference .