Weapons of Mass Deception, The Movie
There's a new documentary about the media's coverage of the Iraq War. Here's the press release:
FLASH TRAILER OF THE MOVIE: http://www.wmdthefilm.com/flash.html
WMD in Theaters
Directed by MediaChannel.org's "News Dissector" Danny Schechter, WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) is a hard-hitting feature length documentary that is inspired in part by Danny's study of mainstream media's reporting of the Iraq War. The film opens this weekend in selected theaters in three cities and soon will be "rolling out" nationwide.
Like Fahrenheit 911 and Outfoxed, WMD can reach large audiences with a powerful critique of a media failure. Two weeks ago, the presidents of the news divisions of NBC, CBS and ABC admitted for the first time that their coverage of the run up to the war was not critical enough. "Simply stated," says ABC News President David Westin now, "we failed the American people."
But the networks did more than that. They helped sell the war in the guise of reporting it.
That's why Danny Schechter's WMD is so important -- it raises the issues that the mainstream media avoids. A former CNN and ABC producer, Danny couples an insider's experience with an outsider's analysis to chip away layer by layer at the media's facade of service to the American public.
We need your help in spreading the word about WMD. We want it seen everywhere. The Cinema Libre studio that distributed OutFoxed has begun to get WMD into theaters but we want it shown in your community too.
WMD opens December 3 in Austin (Landmark Dobie Theater), Cambridge (Landmark Kendall Square) and Denver (Starz Theater). On December 10, it opens in San Francisco (Landmark Embarcadero), Berkeley (Oak Theater), St. Louis (Tivoli Theater) and Washington, DC (Landmark E-Street Cinema).
You can help us promote these screenings and set up other ones by visiting the WMD website (http://www.wmdthefilm.com) and downloading our outreach tools, flyers, flash animations and press releases (http://tinyurl.com/5p7o7).
You can also volunteer your time. Contact WMD Outreach Coordinator David DeGraw at David@wmdthefilm.com. David aims to present WMD in more than 100 theaters nationwide but he needs your help.
Thanks again and stay tuned for more,
Tim Karr
Executive Director
MediaChannel.org
Media for Democracy
FLASH TRAILER OF THE MOVIE: http://www.wmdthefilm.com/flash.html
WMD in Theaters
Directed by MediaChannel.org's "News Dissector" Danny Schechter, WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) is a hard-hitting feature length documentary that is inspired in part by Danny's study of mainstream media's reporting of the Iraq War. The film opens this weekend in selected theaters in three cities and soon will be "rolling out" nationwide.
Like Fahrenheit 911 and Outfoxed, WMD can reach large audiences with a powerful critique of a media failure. Two weeks ago, the presidents of the news divisions of NBC, CBS and ABC admitted for the first time that their coverage of the run up to the war was not critical enough. "Simply stated," says ABC News President David Westin now, "we failed the American people."
But the networks did more than that. They helped sell the war in the guise of reporting it.
That's why Danny Schechter's WMD is so important -- it raises the issues that the mainstream media avoids. A former CNN and ABC producer, Danny couples an insider's experience with an outsider's analysis to chip away layer by layer at the media's facade of service to the American public.
We need your help in spreading the word about WMD. We want it seen everywhere. The Cinema Libre studio that distributed OutFoxed has begun to get WMD into theaters but we want it shown in your community too.
WMD opens December 3 in Austin (Landmark Dobie Theater), Cambridge (Landmark Kendall Square) and Denver (Starz Theater). On December 10, it opens in San Francisco (Landmark Embarcadero), Berkeley (Oak Theater), St. Louis (Tivoli Theater) and Washington, DC (Landmark E-Street Cinema).
You can help us promote these screenings and set up other ones by visiting the WMD website (http://www.wmdthefilm.com) and downloading our outreach tools, flyers, flash animations and press releases (http://tinyurl.com/5p7o7).
You can also volunteer your time. Contact WMD Outreach Coordinator David DeGraw at David@wmdthefilm.com. David aims to present WMD in more than 100 theaters nationwide but he needs your help.
Thanks again and stay tuned for more,
Tim Karr
Executive Director
MediaChannel.org
Media for Democracy
