Buying the War

2007Movie1 h 25 min

83
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A layered, bleak movie about history and politics.

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Story

How big media failed us

In 2003, the United States pre-emptively attacked Iraq in a war that would last for eight years claiming an estimated 189,000 lives, costing over $2 trillion and causing untold economic and emotional devastation for the Iraqi people. In this 2007 documentary that originally aired on Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers investigates big media’s role as cheerleader in the clamor for war in the months preceding the March 19, 2003 invasion. How did the mainstream press get it so wrong in the run-up to the Iraq War?

Feels like

  • Iraq War
  • Media Criticism
  • Political Documentary
  • Investigative Journalism
  • War Propaganda
  • Bill Moyers
  • Historical Analysis
  • Social Critique
  • U.S. Foreign Policy

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Written by
Bill Moyers
Produced by
Kathleen Hughes

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Facts

January 1, 2007 · 1 h 25 min · Strong Language

Released
January 1, 2007
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Content
Strong Language
Original language
English