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MILITARYEX WAR MADE EASY SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Date:
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Time:
12:00 PM
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6:00 PM
Event Type:
Party/Street Party
Organizer/Author:
Barbi Camoflaj
Email:
Location Details:
Beverly Hills, Del Mar, San Francisco and locations worldwide
Militaryex is hosting a screening and informational discussion on War Mad Easy the series. Spouses, families and military members will be informed on how the U.S. Government & the U.S. Military has basically programmed us to think that we are fighting for freedom when in fact we are fighting for the profits of WarBiz, Inc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5CF5pfVzLI
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5CF5pfVzLI
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.
For more information:
http://www.militaryex.com/blog
Added to the calendar on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 6:29AM
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