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Pingayak, JohnSummary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARSummary: "Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups, and corporate control. Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a journey through the darker corridors of the US media, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values.Tracing the story of media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHASummary: When a young woman spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus. Katharina, though innocent, suddenly becomes a suspect, falling prey to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist that tests the limits of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN LOSSummary: The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACESummary: Sherman McCoy, a young investment banker in Manhattan, finds himself arrested following a freak accident and becomes involved with prosecutors, politicians, the press, and assorted hustlers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on journalist Kim Barker's memoir "The Taliban shuffle: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan", which details her years as a reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan beginning in 2002.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Whiskey 2016Summary: "A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anthing to achieve success"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SWESummary: When Chris' best friend Annie loses her husband, Chris derives a scheme to memorialize him. The two women, along with some of their friends - all fiftysomething women - will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular. Based on actual events, this story carefully balances the stories of several women as it follows the media explosion....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CALCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Calendar 2003Pingayak, John
Summary: A reporter and a Greenpeace activist help rescue gray whales who are becoming trapped in rapidly forming ice while on their way to the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PG-13Summary: A captivating 4-part series examining the remarkable impact of chess on culture, art, science and sport. Take an exhilarating journey across a wide range of times and places touching on cultural history, chess variants, art, literature, AI, psychology, gender issues, education, social empowerment, prison reform, and more to find out what makes the game so unique. The films offer an experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023