WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
The merger of newsbiz and showbiz. To them war is a product: they sold it and we bought it.
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...
- Date of release
- 2004-12-12
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Danny Schechter
Casting
- Peter Arnett — Self
- George W. Bush — Self
- Dick Cheney — Self
- Maurice Hinchey — Self
- Nicholas Johnson — Self
- David Marr — Self
- Bill O'Reilly — Self
- Dan Rather — Self
- Tim Robbins — Self
- Donald Rumsfeld — Self
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