War Made Easy - New Clip

http://www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org

War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war line of one administration after another.

War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Driven by media critic Norman Solomon's meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, it sets stunning examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present within the context of rare footage from political leaders and leading journalists of the Vietnam era, including Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer.

Norman Solomon's work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as "brutally persuasive" and essential "for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee." This film now offers a chance to see that context on the screen.

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  News & Politics

[getplaning]

The commercial media is an integral part of the military industrial congressional complex. The parent companies of all the major media corporations have enormous holdings in the "defense" industry.

[Daniel Sadicario]

thank you. This needed to be said.

[nkmarks]

We're getting there ...

... we're getting there ...

[stellabloo]

Why we need [unrestricted uncensored] internet - because tv news is just a spin ... see the Barbara Bush CNN interview after Katrina, she said people were falling over with praise and thanx for having seen Dubya's personal jet streaking thru the sky and knowing he was there for them - puke :.p

... one of my faves is the alternet org website - see their latest article by Chomsky: "It's the Oil, Stupid"

[krazytyme]

Great video

[yourdrunkuncle1985]

That does not explain why Chris Matthews needs to constantly suck his own dick

[Daniel Sadicario]

Same way the global warming issue has been getting it's ass kicked by so many right wing conservatives and again - no response or even simple questioning of their statements by journalists.

[Daniel Sadicario]

The news is doing the EXACT same thing with Iran. 90% of the stories to come off the Drudge Report (and the other big news sources), that have to do with Iran, are all about something crazy that Ahmadinejad said or how Obama wants to make 'negotiate with terrorists.' Like with Iraq 8 years ago, some of this news may be fine and true but it's not challenged by the media/journalists. cont...

[midwestcharm]

Ron Paul knew the truth. McCain voted for this illegal war. Now the news is doing the same thing with Iran

[yourdrunkuncle1985]

Even our so called liberal media never gets it right. Americans do not know the true stories on any issues. Take for example the way the U.S. has dumped on central and south American for over a century. I mean 2 out of 10 american might know who Hugo Chavez is. Of those 2 that have heard of him 90% think he is bad guy or terrorist. When actually U.S. proxies attempted to overthrown his government and kill him. And he was actually elected fairly and freely. The U.S. is anti-democratic.

[yourdrunkuncle1985]

I wish Chris Matthews would stop patting himself on the back and start doing some real exploration. I often times wonder when he says something incredibly fucking absurd is he that dam stupid or does he do it for some purpose that is beyond my logic. I think he has been riding the fence on so many issues for so long it's hard to imagine that he does not have a fence post stuck up his ass. Hes just corporate mouth piece. It's sad because he knows better. US media is so much rubbish. cont.

[Spade0007]

thats fucked up _Olokun_OguN_Oduduwa_Elegba_Sh­ango_OshuN

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