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  • 2008
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  • Media Education Foundation
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Media Education Foundation
  • 1 h 13 m
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

Summary War Made Easy brings to the screen Norman Solomon's insightful analysis of the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. By familiarizing viewers with the techniques of war propaganda, War Made Easy encourages viewers to think critically about the messages ...

Directed By: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp

Written By: Norman Solomon, Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Media Education Foundation
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Media Education Foundation
  • 1 h 13 m

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

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Summary War Made Easy brings to the screen Norman Solomon's insightful analysis of the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war, from Vietnam to Iraq. By familiarizing viewers with the techniques of war propaganda, War Made Easy encourages viewers to think critically about the messages ...

Directed By: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp

Written By: Norman Solomon, Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp

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Based on the book by syndicated columnist and savvy media watchdog Norman Solomon, who appears throughout as the main talking head, Earp and Alper's documentary shows just how the U.S. government coerces a nation into accepting the very idea of war, and it's a job it couldn't do without the full cooperation of the media.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
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The doc is sobering, straightforward, and a bit drab, but to the participants' credit, it's also an entirely nonpartisan endeavor. Good luck telling that to the right once they hear the film is narrated by Sean Penn.
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Overlapping with other recent documentaries, picture nonetheless presents a stimulating argument.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Claiming that from Korea to Vietnam to Iraq, the US government has misled the public - and the media - on the reasons for going to war.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
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Unsubtle, condensed and bullet-point simple, “War Made Easy” avoids fancy visuals for a uniformly drab and dispiriting aesthetic. Sporadically narrated by Sean Penn (evincing all the personality of a potato), the movie is cinematically inert if ultimately persuasive.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Media Education Foundation
Release Date Mar 14, 2008
Duration 1 h 13 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Learn history. Then change it.
Website http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org/
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