NOW with Bill Moyers : John Nichols and Robert McChesney on the Media and Democracy (2003)
Sub-Genres - Media Studies, Politics & Government |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
A discussion of the U.S. media and their impact on the political process features John Nichols of the Nation and author Robert McChesney ("Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communications, Politics in Dubious Times"). Also: journalist Seymour Hersh asseses national-security issues posed by nuclear weapons in such countries as Pakistan and North Korea. And photographer Bill Gentile returns to Nicaragua, a country he covered during its 1980s civil war.
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big-business, corporate-law, deregulation, media, monopoly, politics