War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
by Jeremy Earp, Loretta Alper
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Actor: Norman Solomon, Sean PennDirector: Jeremy Earp, Loretta Alper
Brand: Ryko Distribution
Cinematographer: David Rabinovitz
Composer: John Van Eps
Composer: Leigh Philips
Editor: Andrew Killoy
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: The Disinformation Company
Movie Reviews of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Movie Review: good film clearly showing the propaganda the US public doesnt like to think it is exposed to
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this documentary clear and well edited, with some decent clear explanations of the sorry state of mainstream media, however it really did not go into clear detail showing the mess that corporate mainstream journalism is today. Huge media corporations controlling most news outlets and spouting 'news' that is big business friendly and tows the line of elite power. One aspect of the film shows how colin powell's address to the united nations was not critisised at all in the US mainstream media and was accepted as the truth, whereas in the UK and more so,the rest of Europe, some of the left leaning press clearly exposed him as having no proof for his assertions (much of the left leaning media in Europe - excluding the mass of right wing Murdoch type papers - didn't readily accept his own computer generated diagrams as proof). The media in the UK is incredibly centred towards elite business power and towing the government line so it is incredible to see how utterly inept the US mainstream press is even compared to the sorry state of affairs in most UK mainstream press. The mainstream press nowadays with its corporate owners and career and 'celebrity' journalists is totally part of the establishment and unfortunately cannot be looked to for truth which would expose power, i.e the news.
Summary of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.Narrated by actor Sean Penn and based on the acclaimed book by Norman Solomon the film exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to reveal in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated and glamorized the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. The film gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq setting government spin and media collusion from the present alongside virtually identical patterns from the past.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/HISTORY UPC: 826262004491 Manufacturer No: 44Documentary DVD Video
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