Summary War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. View more details
Directed : Jeremy Earp Loretta Alper
Written : Jeremy Earp Loretta Alper Norman Solomon
Stars : Christiane Amanpour Wolf Blitzer Spiro Agnew Peter Arnett
Genres : History War Documentary
Release date : May 13, 2007
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Media Education Foundation
Summary War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. View more details
Genres : History War Documentary
Release date : May 13, 2007
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Media Education Foundation
