There is no left of right at the top, there is just the elite and the elite need to control the narrative to stay elite.
Relevant Chomsky quotes...
“In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.”
"The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences. They want to rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that kind of business. To do that, you’ve got to play the game, and playing the game means telling their lies, serving as their disinformation apparatus.”
“Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy – their own population.”
“The best defense against democracy is to distract people.”
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”
“Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It’s something you have to find out for yourself.”