WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

Name: WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Director: Danny Schechter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Peter Arnett, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Maurice Hinchey, Nicholas Johnson

"The merger of newsbiz and showbiz. To them war is a product: they sold it and we bought it."

6.9/10

2004

1h 38m

Documentary

Overview

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...