American mass media in the hands of an oligarchy Documentary-Eng- Españ-Portu-00.mp4

Orwell Rolls In His Grave is an excellent film that, unfortunately, nobody will ever get to see. This independent documentary, directed by Robert Kane Pappas, takes a deeply disturbing look at how mass media in the United States is controlled by only a handful of large corporations. The movie's premise is that these large corporations have one goal: to get larger and control the system that reports the news. To this end, big media has aligned itself with the conservative Republican political minority and has pushed their selfish agenda in order to gain political favor and build fortunes. Punctuated with quotes and phrases from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, this film takes issues that many people may already suspect to be true and presents them with sound and video. The movie is a good presentation of how American society has turned into an oligarchy of frightening proportions. In some sense, Orwell Rolls In His Grave is a pretty depressing film. To think that the wealthiest one-tenths of one percent of the country is in control of the largest corporations, the executive and judicial branches of government and the mass media is something that challenges our notions of freedom and democracy.Why are some news stories dropped? Why are some news stories not reported on at all?
It ties in big media with politics and specifically targets the Republican party and the Neo-Conservative (neocon) movement. The creators of the film present a lot of evidence linking politics and big media corporations, however it glosses over some other issues which may have made a more balanced report. For example, the 1980 "October Surprise" got a lot of press 6 years later when the public learned that the Reagan administration actually did make an arms deal with the Iranian government for the release of the hostages -- it then look the money it made during this illegal sale and sent it to rebels in Nicaragua. This scandal became known as the Iran-Contra Affair and the resulting reports and congressional hearings were news for nearly two years.The movie also gives only glancing reference to the Clinton administration's approval of media deregulation. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first huge step toward allowing media consolidation.

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[PatriotPauly]

Michael Moore take your own advise! History will see your Hypocrisy. Things are so unfair and they are. Where's your anger and Doc's against Obama for his love and protection of Wall Street & Goldman Sacs he's just as bad as Bush. The problem is the MSM & Crony Capitlism! I only trust independent news now and not FOX, MSNBC, ABC, CBS & CNN. That's why both sides of Congress and the President want to pass SOPA-PIPA to take away our last truth holder, the internet & alternative media. WAKE UP USA