Oh dear, I was unaware of that.

Oi...

Still though, he was a pillar of the left wing, in the sense of left wing = not conservative, a literal seminal figure of it, for decades.

If someone agrees with most left wing positions except one, are they left wing?

I think you're doing a No True Scotsman here. Just because Noam fell for the anti-Ukrainian propaganda doesn't mean he's not left wing.

They kind of just explained that... Chomsky is famous for writing about manufacturing consent, which is exactly what the media is doing here.