My guess would be that the 'gap' in the rings is just not getting any sunlight due to being behind Saturn. Remember that the sun will be at a different angle to Saturn than the JWST.
Chonsky did update the propaganda theory from manufacturing consent for the modern era, not a lot changed really in terms of fundamentals. A lot of scholars keep up that kind of work. People like Mark Curtis, Alan Macleod, Jonathan Cook and so on.