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Control Room (2004) Perils of War reporting, AlJazeera vs FOX, censorship, bais (XviD 1h26m) avi

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Control Room (2004)
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IMDb review - by fwomp from USA

A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.

It's pretty tough to review and rate a documentary like this. Mainly because it's taken almost solely from an Arab perspective: an Arab news media, living in a deeply Arab culture, and run by Arab men and women.

That's not to say that what we see on NBC and Fox News here in the States is any less insightful. Skewed toward the Lazy-Boy recliner news watcher, the American news media is just as blind to its prejudices and half-truths as many other media outlets around the world.

So when I read reviews of this documentary and they lambaste it for being "one-sided", I have to shrug and say, "Yeah, so what news media do you watch?" Covering the Iraq War, Al Jazeera focused on what happened and was happening from inside Bahgdad. A pretty risky proposition, a move that ends up killing one of their correspondents. Looking at the Ba'athists and other political affiliations within the country was interesting and, again, a bit skewed.

The anti-American sentiment can be felt smoldering under the surface of Al-Jazeera, too. But whether this is simply a survival strategy (they do have to live there after the Americans are gone) or real is anyone's guess.

This IS a great documentary to watch, though. Being spoon fed Fox News' version of the war is just as blinding as Al Jazeera's. But after watching CONTROL ROOM, I know now that somewhere between the American TV reports and Al Jazeera, the truth does lie.

7/10 - http://imdb.com/title/tt0391024/

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Name.........: Control Room (2004) Perils of War reporting, AlJazeera.vs.FOX, censorship, bais (XviD 1h26m) ConRes.avi
Filesize.....: 699 MB (or 715,882 KB or 733,063,168 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:26:31 (155,571 fr)
Video Codec..: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1010 kb/s
Audio Codec..: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 111 kb/s (55/ch, stereo) VBR LAME3.91
Frame Size...: 576x304 (1.89:1) [=36:19]
Ripper ......: p2P2p

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