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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 36 min. 36 sec.) ; 577597750 bytes |
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Renowned filmmaker and award-winning Australian journalist John Pilger explores the role of media in war in his commanding and timely documentary, The War You Don't See.Pilger, himself a war correspondent, traces the history of 'embedded' and independent reporting from the carnage of the First World War to the destruction of Hiroshima, the invasion of Vietnam to modern-day conflict in the Middle East. He exposes how the practice of embedding journalists within the military controls not only what they are allowed to see, but how they are allowed to report it, and that 'voluntary embedding' extends right across the media.With a particular focus on television reporting of current wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine by the most popular channels in the United States and the United Kingdom, Pilger not only investigates how the truth of war can often remain hidden, but questions the implications of the media's failure to report beyond the government line.The War You Don't See features interviews with senior figures at major UK broadcasters, the BBC and ITV, high profile journalists from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as independent filmmakers.Pilger also interviews Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, a movement Pilger describes as a 'landmark in journalism', discussing the role of whistleblowing in revealing incidents and crimes of war that would otherwise not be seen. (From the UK) (Documentary) CC |
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Broadcast 2011-04-10 at 20:35:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Journalistic ethics.
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Mass media and war.
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Social conflict -- Press coverage.
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War correspondents.
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War -- Press coverage.
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Streaming video
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Assange, Julian, cast
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Curtis, Mark, cast
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Lowery, Alan, director
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McKinney, Cynthia, cast
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Omaar, Rageh, cast
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Pilger, John, cast
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Pilger, John, director
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Rather, Dan, cast
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Ross, Carne, cast
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