Select Media Festival 3
Insurgent Media Arts | October 13-22 2004 | Chicago U$A

October 21, 2004

WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION

WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION
2004, Danny Schechter, USA , 105 min.
Thursday, October 21, 7:45 pm (Gene Siskel Film Center)

There were two wars in Iraq ˆ A military assault and a media war. The former was well covered; the latter was not. Independent filmmaker, Emmy award-winning TV journalist, network news veteran, author and media critic Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the deceptive role of the media in reporting on, and promoting the invasion in Iraq. His latest film, WMD is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity mislead the American people by 'selling' the war to influence public opinion.