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Status
Released
Release
2003
Runtime
1h 24m
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.
14 Cast Members
Charles Lewis
Self - Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
Robert McChesney
Self - Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark Crispin Miller
Self - Professor at New York University
Vincent Bugliosi
Self - Attorney, Author
Dennis Kucinich
Self - Congressman for Ohio
Mark Lloyd
Self - Visiting Prof. at Massachussets Institute of Technology
Michael Moore
Self
John Nichols
Self
Greg Palast
Self - Reporter
Tim Robbins
Self (archive footage)
Helen Thomas
Self
Jeff Cohen
Self - Founder of FAIR
Bernie Sanders
Self - Congressman for Vermont
Danny Schechter
Self