Tag: media manipulation
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Bob Roberts
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing ’60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.
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Cannibalism: A New Taste in Style
In the near future ceilings have been replaced by omnipresent TV’s. In the mass media Cannibalism is being hyped as the latest trend in people’s day to day lives. Ma, Pa and Wilberforce are your typical North American family. They are obese, over consuming and have a big screen TV on their kitchen ceiling. Life…
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, have been running a “race to the bottom” in television news, and provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangerous impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person. Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob…
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Live Free or Die Hard
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America’s computer infrastructure.
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You Don’t Know Jack
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
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Every Day Is Like Sunday
As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News International, Every Day is Like Sunday tells the forgotten story of the dramatic downfall of Cecil King—the newspaper mogul who used to dominate British media in the 1960s, before Rupert Murdoch arrived.
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Bitter Lake
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia’s relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.