Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

Synopsis: Exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies--exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists, and political activists, the video provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.

Interviewees include Seth Ackerman, Mjr. Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Dr. Neve Gordon, Toufic Haddad, Sam Husseini, Hussein Ibish, Robert Jensen, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Karen Pfeifer, Alisa Solomon, and Gila Svirsky.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 2003
Notes: DVD includes independent activist video shorts and additional interview footage.
Free full preview available on MEF website http://www.mediaed.org.
Subjects: Media studies; Politics & government
Keywords: foreign policy; international relations; journalism; Middle East; news reporting; United States of America

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