Weapons of Mass Deception (2005)
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Product Details: Weapons of Mass Deception (2005)
- Edition:
- DVD .
- MPAA Rating:
- Unrated
- Release Date:
- 03/08/2005
- UPC:
- 881394500327
- Directed by:
- Danny Schechter
Synopsis: Weapons of Mass Deception (2005)
Synopis: Danny Schechter is a man determined to shine a glaring spotlight onto the true situation regarding the early 21st century deployment of military forces in Iraq. A fastidious consumer of the news, Schechter spent countless hours documenting the media coverage of the war, initially publishing his ideas on www.mediachannel.org and subsequently writing a book entitled EMBEDDED: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION. The next logical step was to make a movie, so Schechter picked up a camera, and focused a lens full of scrutiny onto the media's portrayal of the war. Drawing on footage from Iraq to look at the disparity in presentation of the war compared to the actual events as they unfolded, Schechter weaves a masterful blanket of facts and figures, leading viewers to question the "facts" that have been presented to them through the major news agencies. Bold, brash, and informative, WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION is one man's crusade against the wrongdoings he believes the American media is foisting upon the general public.Features: Weapons of Mass Deception (2005)
Features: DVD Features:DVD Features:
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Interview - 1. Danny Schechter - Director
Documentary - 1. "News Dissector" (1968-2004)
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer Narrated by Tim Robbins - Actor/Activist
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"Get Involved" List of Resources
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Pros: Exposes the ultra-conservativeness of the mass media as it becomes a pool of subservients to the Bush regime.
Cons: Maybe in his next film Schecter could do a few more polls to to give us some stats to review.
Available from Link TV, which is an activist and authority questioning channel mostly anchored by Amy Goodman, "Weapons of Mass Deception" scrutinizes the mass media about its overwhelming advertisements, propaganda, and sentiments for the war against Iraq. Of course, now, most of the major media conglomerations are apologizing for becoming neutured mouth pieces for the Bush adminstration's propaganda against Saddam Hussein. But as Amy Goodman points out in this show, those apologies are little blurbs buried on page 7, and don't go into the real details about how almost all of the US media walked like following cows behind the Bush regime's fear-based plays with scare tactics.
Danny Schechter became one man who questioned about the deployment of military forces in Iraq. Schechter spent countless hours studying, documenting, and scientifically scrutinizing mass media coverage of the war. He found that around 70 percent of the media were pro-war while it was just about the reverse, 70 percent of the American public was against the war. Who were the US politicians representing? Themselves or us? That answer is patently clear: themselves. This is not the only question that comes out of his studies. One of his main focal points was on the media's portrayal of the war. Using footage from Iraq to look at the disparity in the media's presentation of the war compared to the actual events as they unfolded, Schechter has braided a blanket of facts and figures, to help viewers question the "facts" that have been presented to them through the major news agencies.
"Weapons Of Mass Deception" is one media loving man's personal crusade against the misrepresentations he documents with which the American media has betrayed the general public. Watching this film and "Fahrenheit 9/11" back to back really opened my eyes and made me more of a literary and cultural critic than I used to be. m_d.md.m_d ...