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Karem, Brian J.Summary: "Analysis of how governments bent on war-making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad ... Moving from Vietnam to Iraq, the film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points, a problem that has become exacerbated by journalists who have grown accustomed to being...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARKarem, Brian J.
Summary: "Blending his experiences as a veteran reporter with trenchant analysis of the erosion of trust between the press and the government in the past 40 years, Free the Press gives readers a unique perspective on the challenges facing journalism, as well as the rise of hostility between these institutions"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 KARSummary: Brings together an ex-"60-Minutes" producer, a United States congressman, as well as some of the country's leading intellectual voices on the media to examine the mix of business, politics and idealogy that is the modern mainstream media. From the very size of the media monopolies and how they got that way to who decides what gets on the air and what doesn't, this film moves through a troubling...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed exclusively in North America by Go Kart Films 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ORWSummary: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press, but how do we reconcile the conflict between national security and government accountability? Do we err on the side of secrecy or transparency? From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks, how do we balance the government's need to keep some information classified and the public's right to know what the government is doing?...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011