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Director:
Beth Sanders
Writer:
Randy Baker
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Genre:
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Cast

 
Jon Alpert ... Himself - Ex-Freelance Reporter, NBC
Ben Bagdikian ... Himself - Dean Emeritus, School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Joel Beinin ... Himself - Professor of History, Stanford University
Lowell Bergman ... Himself - Producer, CBS' 60 Minutes

Tom Brokaw ... Himself (archive footage)
George Bush ... Himself (archive footage)
Eugene Carroll ... Himself - U.S. Navy, Retired (as Admiral Eugene Carroll)
Frances Cerra ... Herself
Richard Cohen ... Himself - Former Producer, CBS News
Bill Dedman ... Himself - Reporter
Michael Gartner ... Himself - President, NBC News 1988-93
Peter Graumann ... Himself - Ex-Correspondent, MacNeil / Lehrer Newshour
Lawrence Grossman ... Himself - Former President, NBC News
Sydney Gruson ... Himself - Ex-Vice Chairman, New York Times, Inc.
John L. Hess ... Himself - Ex-Reporter, New York Times

Peter Jennings ... Himself (archive footage)
Jonathan Kwitny ... Himself - Ex-Reporter, Wall St. Journal
John McLaughlin ... Himself (archive footage)

Ralph Nader ... Himself
Robert Pollard ... Himself - Union of Concerned Scientists

Dan Rather ... Himself (archive footage)
Wendell Rawls Jr. ... Himself - Ex-Asst. Managing Editor
Sydney Schanberg ... Himself - Ex-Reporter, New York Times
Jay Smith ... Himself - Former Publisher, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Studs Terkel ... Himself - Narrator
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Directed by
Beth Sanders 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Randy Baker 

Produced by
Randy Baker .... co-producer
Danny McGuire .... executive producer
Beth Sanders .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Todd Boekelheide 
 
Cinematography by
Mike Epstein (camera)
Bob Hercules (camera)
Stephen Lighthill (camera)
Mark Sugg (camera)
Fawn Yacker (director of photography)
 
Sound Department
Shawn Cook .... sound
Lori Dovi .... sound
Joel Katz .... sound
Grigoey Khananayev .... sound
Rich Pooler .... sound
 
Editorial Department
Gary Weimberg .... editorial consultant
 
Other crew
Edward Asner .... additional support
Marilyn Bardet .... additional support
Carol Brouillet .... additional support
Dorothy Lydon .... additional support
Edmund A. Stanley Jr. .... additional support
 
Thanks
Mark Achbar .... special thanks
Robert Anbian .... special thanks
Jean Bleich .... special thanks
Bette Jean Bullert .... special thanks (as B.J. Bullert)
John Burroughs .... special thanks
Jacqueline Cabasso .... special thanks
Jeff Cohen .... special thanks
Bruce Cutler .... special thanks
Mike Dafferner .... special thanks
Linda Dennis .... special thanks
Paul Fox .... special thanks
Matt Friedman .... special thanks
Sasha Futron .... special thanks
Karl Grossman .... special thanks
Dee Dee Halleck .... special thanks
Ernest Harburg .... special thanks
Doug Henwood .... special thanks
Ingrid Hustvedt .... special thanks
Roger Kerson .... special thanks
Joe Kolman .... special thanks
Steve Ladd .... special thanks
Eric Ladenberg .... special thanks
Tom Layton .... special thanks
Andy Lichterman .... special thanks
Lance E. Lindblom .... special thanks
Julie Mackaman .... special thanks
Peter Maiden .... special thanks
Jim Mayer .... special thanks
Charlotte Ornet .... special thanks
Greg Palast .... special thanks
Phil Patris .... special thanks
Paul Pittman .... special thanks
Steve Rendall .... special thanks
Charles Romanoff .... special thanks
Kathline Selvaggio .... special thanks
Gail Silva .... special thanks
Lenore Skenazy .... special thanks
Liz Skinner .... special thanks
Susan Smith .... special thanks
Norman Solomon .... special thanks
Robert Stix .... special thanks
Keiko Tsuno .... special thanks
Shawn Usha .... special thanks
Marcia Weisbrot .... special thanks
Mark Weisbrot .... special thanks
Sarah Leah Whitson .... special thanks
Gordon Winiemko .... special thanks
Ed Wishnow .... special thanks
 

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Runtime:
57 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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Insightful expose of US media "self censorship", 25 January 2002
Author: DoctorJones24 from Toledo, OH

As another user noted, this film has much in common with the much longer "Manufacturing Consent." Studs Terkel hosts this hour long documentary about how the US media's corporate backing effectively creates a culture of "self censorship." This is one of those films that should make you angry and motivated to do something. As Jefferson noted, a free press is imperative if democracy is to work.

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