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WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

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Filmmaker Danny Schechter examines media coverage of the war in Iraq.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 02/05/2005
3.5/5
Even when there is not a war on and human lives are not at stake, media accountability should be a goal of any democracy, and Schecter's film serves as a trenchant reminder. Go to Full Review
Ned Martel New York Times 02/03/2005
2/5
A former ABC producer at 20/20, Mr. Schechter revels in his autonomy and crams too many points in too many minutes. Go to Full Review
Josh Goldfein Village Voice 02/01/2005
He doesn't have a smoking-gun clip reel to illustrate his monotonous analysis. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
Better than "Fahrenheit 911″... Go to Full Review
Jonathan W. Hickman Entertainment Insiders 02/05/2005
3.5/4
WMD is an intricate critique of television media coverage of the Iraq War. Director Schechter suggests that the media cowed down to Administration tactics. Go to Full Review
Paul Sherman Boston Herald 02/05/2005
2/4
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06/27/2010 Put this in your Netflix instant queue and give it a spin if you think Rupert Murdoch's news channel is bunk. See more 05/22/2010 [center][img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/49/239249.jpg[/img] [left]Insightful and thought-provoking, but weak film, seems too formulaic and crammed. [/left] [/center] See more 03/14/2009 http://skuthan.blip.tv See more 02/26/2009 Always interesting to see things from the media's standpoint. There is much to be said for the media and how they can be controlled and in turn skew our views. See more 11/07/2008 Well done expose about how the media covered the events leading up to the Iraq war and the war itself. I wonder whether we would have gone to war if the journalists asked more of the tougher questions. See more 08/28/2008 Why was the American press so uncritical of the war in Iraq? How can a "free press" be so homogenous in outlook and opinion? This doc goes some way to explaining why the world has turned away from major media corporations as a source of information. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Danny Schechter examines media coverage of the war in Iraq.
Director
Danny Schechter
Production Co
New Line Cinema
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 17, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$27.3K
Runtime
1h 38m