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Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! is a major force in the ongoing struggle to provide independent media to the citizens of the world. This documentary provides an excellent introduction to the gargantuan challenge she has been addressing for many years now.
Part scathing critique, part call to action, "Independent Media In A Time Of War" is a hard-hitting new documentary by the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center www.hm.indymedia.org. This film is composed of a speech given by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! illustrated by clips of mainstream media juxtaposed with rare footage from independent reporters in Iraq. The documentary argues that dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy.
"Independent media has a crucial responsibility to go to where the silence is," says Amy Goodman, "to represent the diverse voices of people engaged in dissent." She makes a compelling argument that the commercial news media have failed to represent the "true face of war."
Watch documentary HERE.
Part scathing critique, part call to action, "Independent Media In A Time Of War" is a hard-hitting new documentary by the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center www.hm.indymedia.org. This film is composed of a speech given by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! illustrated by clips of mainstream media juxtaposed with rare footage from independent reporters in Iraq. The documentary argues that dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy.
"Independent media has a crucial responsibility to go to where the silence is," says Amy Goodman, "to represent the diverse voices of people engaged in dissent." She makes a compelling argument that the commercial news media have failed to represent the "true face of war."
Watch documentary HERE.
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Comment by Neighborhood Spiderman on 8th November 2007
It has been said that if we had the same media in 1940 as today, we would have lost the 2nd world war.
What we don't realise is that the media caters to the corporate form. The right story is the one that doesn't hurt the bottom line. The holocaust was very profitable for Germany, and therefore there would be economic pressure to support the richest side.
It's true that we would have lost the war, because FOX News would paint the same rosey picture of Hitler as they do Bush. Jews and the Allied forces would be viewed as "economic terrorists" and they would have a secret corporate contract to hold half the Jews at Guantanamo Bay, while providing troops and support for Hitler.
Without critical observation, a war becomes an excersise in killing our youth, not an unavoidable battle to win over an opposing ideology with one perceived to be more humane.
It has been said that if we had the same media in 1940 as today, we would have lost the 2nd world war.
What we don't realise is that the media caters to the corporate form. The right story is the one that doesn't hurt the bottom line. The holocaust was very profitable for Germany, and therefore there would be economic pressure to support the richest side.
It's true that we would have lost the war, because FOX News would paint the same rosey picture of Hitler as they do Bush. Jews and the Allied forces would be viewed as "economic terrorists" and they would have a secret corporate contract to hold half the Jews at Guantanamo Bay, while providing troops and support for Hitler.
Without critical observation, a war becomes an excersise in killing our youth, not an unavoidable battle to win over an opposing ideology with one perceived to be more humane.