This isn't a bad documentary but it's pretty misleading in the sense that it almost exclusively focuses on the Iraq War and other modern wars which are in reality very minor conflicts compared to WWI, Korea and Vietnam. It's advertised as being about the media manipulation of truth in war but focuses almost exclusively on wars of the las 20 years. There is a brief mention of Wilson being told of the need to sell WWI to the people but nothing is said about the blatant lies told to Americans in order for Wilson to get his war. Korea was a colossal blunder presented as being a war to free South Korea from the communist North Korea but that happened after just 6 months yet the war went on for another 2 and a half years.
Several "journalists" admit the media didn't do their jobs but this admission seems to get them a pass without them being asked why we should trust them now. This could have been a great documentary if it had dug deep and even looked at the media covering up the fact that WWI was never about freedom and how Hitler could have been stopped much earlier if Chamberlain hadn't engaged in his campaign of appeasement. The media also presented Stalin as a villain when he initially was siding with Germany but once the Germans invaded Russia the media did a complete turnabout and always showed Stalin as a great ally.
This is extremely disappointing because it could have been a great film if it had bothered to dig deeper, it didn't lie but it told only a small portion of the truth.
Several "journalists" admit the media didn't do their jobs but this admission seems to get them a pass without them being asked why we should trust them now. This could have been a great documentary if it had dug deep and even looked at the media covering up the fact that WWI was never about freedom and how Hitler could have been stopped much earlier if Chamberlain hadn't engaged in his campaign of appeasement. The media also presented Stalin as a villain when he initially was siding with Germany but once the Germans invaded Russia the media did a complete turnabout and always showed Stalin as a great ally.
This is extremely disappointing because it could have been a great film if it had bothered to dig deeper, it didn't lie but it told only a small portion of the truth.