"Shadows of Liberty" - Trailer
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The new documentary "Shadows of Liberty" had its U.S. premiere last night at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver. Using individual cases of journalists whose attempts to tell their stories have been muzzled by corporations and the government, the film shows how a corporate-controlled media can silence the truth about issues ranging from war to labor practices. In one instance, CBS refused to re-air an investigation by the prize-winning journalist Roberta Baskin on Nike’s use of sweatshop labor in Vietnam. [includes rush transcript]
TRANSCRIPT
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AMY GOODMAN: We turn right now to our last segment of the broadcast. We’re here at the National Conference on Media Reform, here in Denver, Colorado. Last night was the premiere of a film that talks about how freedom of the press in the United States is eroding under increasing corporate control. Shadows of Liberty had its U.S. premiere here at the National Conference for Media Reform. Using individual stories of journalists whose attempts to tell their stories have been muzzled by corporations and the government, the film shows how a corporate-controlled media can silence the truth and pave the way to war. The film is directed by Jean-Philippe Tremblay, who is joining us now in Denver. But first we’re going to go to the trailer of Shadows of Liberty.
AMY GOODMAN: All we ever get is a veil of distortion and lies and misrepresentations that obscure reality.
UNIDENTIFIED: Good evening. We have a lot of news to tell you about.
UNIDENTIFIED: Giant media corporations decide what is news and what is not news.
DANNY GLOVER: This is to control people’s ideas. It’s to control their imagination.
UNIDENTIFIED: The news we rely on is in the hands of the commercial enterprises.
UNIDENTIFIED: If it didn’t appear in The New York Times, Fox News, CNN, it never happened.
UNIDENTIFIED: There are certain events in journalism that you may not cover.
ROBERTA BASKIN: There were incidences of physical abuse.
UNIDENTIFIED: CBS decided this is not a story we’re going to fight for.
UNIDENTIFIED: All of a sudden, the plane exploded. And one guy goes, "Oh, you think it’s a missile."
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The day before Obama's 2012 re-election, Rush Limbaugh said: If Romney doesn't win tomorrow, "nobody should ever listen to me again."
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/11/rush-limbaugh-if-im-wrong-about-romney.html
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/11/rush-limbaugh-if-im-wrong-about-romney.html
