h/t ArtThreat.net for this one. The clip below is a preview of the documentary Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land by the Media Education Foundation. Because of the current war on Gaza, the MEF is making the entire documentary available, free of charge, online (you can also download it free). Check out the clip below. If you want to view or copy the whole documentary, go here:
http://www.pppl.org/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Savicom&utm_campaign=MEF%20Film%20Offered%20Free%20Online&utm_term=%0A&utm_content=elle-provocateur%40sympatico.ca
WOW!! Tell it like it is.
ReplyDeleteI will set up a public screening where I live.
Thank you!
I am downloading it and it will make a great screening for a group event. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've only seen the first 10 minutes, and skimmed through the rest, but so far it is very one sided, and makes the case that the only reason for Palestinian Violence toward Israel is because of the occupation.
ReplyDeleteThat is a grave over simplification, that completely glosses over large parts of situation.
Dan, you completely miss the point. The documentary is aimed at showing that we in the West get just one side. Of course it's one-sided, it attempts to show that one side, the other side, the one that we don't hear or see. Dan, surely you grasp that.
ReplyDeletebut surely you see the inherent problem with countering bias, with equal but opposite bias.
ReplyDeleteSo what is your alternative then, the status quo? One side not be heard at all and we just go back to the pasture grazing on the propaganda diet we've been fed from one side all this time?
ReplyDeleteI would have thought the alternative would be obvious. Instead of countering bias with opposite bias, both sides of the situation should be presented as best as possible, so the viewer comes away with a better understanding of the situation.
ReplyDeleteAs it stands now "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land" is likely to leave viewers believe that the MSM is full of crap and this movie is the 'true story' (the first comment here likely falls into this camp), or that this movie is a load of crap and the MSM coverage is the 'true story'. I think we can both agree that neither of those outcomes are very good since the reality of the situation is far more complex.
Two wrongs don't make a right.