About the role of mainstream media in war, and their failure to investigate the accuracy of what they report.
I heard about this just after it was shown on ITV - available for those in the UK here.
I don't know of any youtube or torrents yet but it probably won't be long.
Here's a trailer anyway.
The War You Don't See - John Pilger documentary
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Cool. I like his works.
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right on, should be good!
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Rumours of a Torrent afoot 
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Animavore wrote:Rumours of a Torrent afoot
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I watched it yesterday. Pilger is a hero for telling it like it is. He should be the one getting the peace prize, because you'll never get peace while the govornments can con the public.sandinista wrote:Animavore wrote:Rumours of a Torrent afoot
All the journalists should be educated by Pilger. They have a lot to answer for, and that includes the people at the top in the media.
These days, it's just about circulation, the truth doesn't get a look-in.
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going to watch it tonight, looking forward to it. I posted a link to Pilger discussing Assange in the Assange thread, good interview as well.mistermack wrote:I watched it yesterday. Pilger is a hero for telling it like it is. He should be the one getting the peace prize, because you'll never get peace while the govornments can con the public.sandinista wrote:Animavore wrote:Rumours of a Torrent afoot
All the journalists should be educated by Pilger. They have a lot to answer for, and that includes the people at the top in the media.
These days, it's just about circulation, the truth doesn't get a look-in.
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ahhh here it is again so you don't have to wade through the bullshit.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/15/ ... ort_julian
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This film was a really good exposé of how the media report war, the history of embedded journalists and how independent journalists are suppressed.
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If you like that I suggest the doco war ondemocracy by john pilger.
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Seen it. That was a good one, too. Have the book as well.
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Just got around to watching this, excellent film. Amazing that some people, thankfully not too many, still refuse to see that america is a terrorist state. What a horrendous use of propaganda and terrorism.
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