Award-winning journalist Jean Collins has factual information that local mining corporation Big Mine Inc. has been exceeding allowable Canadian standards for environmental pollution. Despite the story's excellent sources and factual accounts, the newspaper's editor decides not to publish the story. According to Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky, why would the editor most likely have refused to publish the story?

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Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky developed the theory of "the propaganda model" which argues that the media is controlled by economic and political elites who use their power to shape the content and agenda of the news. According to this theory, the editor might have refused to publish the story because Big Mine Inc. is likely a major advertiser, and the paper does not want to risk losing their revenue. This would be an example of how corporate interests can influence the media and prevent the dissemination of important news.

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