Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media is a book by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman which was first published in 1988. This publication was only the beginning of the mass media critique that Chomsky continues to research. The book is based on a propaganda model whose main goal is to manufacture consent of the public for the purpose of appeasing the world's elites. This was the first book which is signed by Noam Chomsky and addresses criticism of American foreign policy and the concentration of power as well as the influence it has on mass media. The main goal of this paper is to explain the main principle of functioning of the propaganda model and its filters as well as its impact on the public and the formation of public opinion. In the first part of the paper, important concepts for understanding the model are defined, followed by an explanation of a propaganda model and with examples that are the result of extensive and detailed research conducted by the authors. The second part refers to the criticism of the model and its acceptance, as well as the possibility of further elaboration in order for the model to be applicable today.