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Orwell Rolls in his Grave

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examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government and corporations, analyzing the possible consequences of the concentration of media ownership. Making references to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the film argues that reality has met and in some ways exceeded Orwell's expectations about a society dominated by thought control, which is made possible by the media. According to the film, the mass media no longer report news, but manage it, deciding what makes the headlines and what is conveniently ignored, thus ultimately defining the framework upon which most other issues are discussed by the society. As an example, it is claimed that since the late 1980s there's been an agenda pursued by the major media corporations regarding the deregulation of the media market, by which news reports sell all its benefits while neglecting its disastrous results.
This documentary is a critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether America has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, director Robert Kane Pappas explores what the media doesn't like to talk about: itself. Meticulously tracing the process by which media has distorted and often dismissed actual news events, Pappas presents a riveting and eloquent mix of media professionals and leading intellectual voices on the media. From the very size of the media monopolies and how they got that way to who decides what gets on the air and what doesn't, 'Orwell Rolls in His Grave' moves through a troubling list of questions and news stories that go unanswered and unreported in the mainstream media
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  • dreamsenvoy
  • artemis6
    • +1
      artemis6  

    • This cannot be seen often enough or shown to enough people . Many of us will think it obvious , but people , ALL people need to realize they are being played .

    • 1 year ago
  • bundlebear
  • Milieu
  • ZiggyStrange
    • +4
      ZiggyStrange  

    • Thanks Bear, I'm going to watch more of this tonight and think about it but right off the bat. Yes, the Media has a lot of influence, and most of it is not in our best interest.

      +^d

    • 1 year ago
  • John_Hutchison
  • ZiggyStrange
  • John_Hutchison
    • +3
      John_Hutchison  

    • thanks this is very true i know many folks who left main networks medias as they cannot report the news but what is told to them to report stories are like macdonalds hamburgers bland silly apathetic news medias hey look at bp you tube channel you have a great propaganda going on oh you must check this out its very interesting to see whats realy going on in the gulf regions ,, ok you have homeless folk , you have government control over everything just take your minds back to the 1970s where stories where great , folks where free, no mass paranoia over gun control , and just more regulation hey your vitamins , ham radio your freedom it goes on and on and on canada usa the uk basicaly theres no statesmen left just fast food policitians come and go and pass more laws just like cnn news all white washed stuff right !? the medias are bought off and journalists have a lease around there necks corruption goes on in the judges lawyers hey better be not to bold as you might get medicated , or a 72 hour hold look at all the school shootings why oh the medias forgot to tell you they where on prescription drugs that make some folks go insane untill they are taken off medication more and more nazi germany again ?????????????

    • 1 year ago
  • kennymotown
  • John_Hutchison
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