{"id":1001,"date":"2005-01-31T08:48:45","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T16:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2005\/01\/schecter_calling_all_fans\/"},"modified":"2005-01-31T08:48:45","modified_gmt":"2005-01-31T16:48:45","slug":"schecter_calling_all_fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/01\/schecter_calling_all_fans.html","title":{"rendered":"SCHECTER CALLING ALL FANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filmmaker Danny Schechter<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>‘s latest flick,
\n“Weapons of Mass
\nDeception,”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> will be released later this week. Have a look at the 30-second TV spot<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> to be aired in New York on CNN, Fox and
\nMSNBC. He sends this message:<\/B>
\n

Dear friends,<\/P>
\n

I am writing to friends, colleagues, and anyone I can think [of who] might be interested in
\nknowing that our film indicting media coverage of the Iraq war will be opening in New York at
\nthe Village East Theater (12th and Second Avenue) on Friday evening (Feb. 4) for a week or
\nmore, depending on the turnout.<\/P>
\n

Winning a theatrical run for a hard-hitting low-budget film on the role of our media is
\nnot easy. Working with Cinema Libre (the same company that distributed “OutFoxed”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>) we have been
\nshowing the film in cinemas, festivals and screenings worldwide. The response has been fabulous,
\nand coming just a few days after the U.S.-imposed “elections” in Iraq, “WMD” can’t be more
\ntimely. Despite a few mea-culpas for [its] pre-war reporting, much of the TV coverage continues
\nto ignore civilian casualties and war crimes.<\/P>
\n

We need your help in getting the word out through your email lists and personal contacts. We
\ndon’t have the kind of marketing budget you need to make a splash in New York. We do know
\nmany grass-roots networks, media groups and anti-war organizations who could help us pack the
\ntheater.<\/P>
\n

While some jaded reviewers defensively dismiss “WMD” for “telling us what we already
\nknow” (even though it has largely not been reported) others have been very supportive: The
\nChicago Reader<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> calls “WMD” “a comprehensive and devastating critique of
\nthe TV news networks’ complacency and complicity in the war on Iraq … brilliantly argued and
\nscrupulously documented … a must see”<\/P>
\n

Doug Ireland<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> writes: “In this film — which is much more
\nmeticulously documented and more accurate than Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9\/11,” and
\ntherefore infinitely more devastating — Schechter shows with precision how U.S. mass media have
\nbeen recruited as part and parcel of the Pentagon’s war-propaganda machine.” Vanity Fair’s
\nMichael Wolff calls “WMD” “something of a comic masterpiece.” You can read more reviews
\nonline at WMDtheFilm.com<\/B><\/A> and see the trailer narrated by Academy Award
\nwinner Tim Robins.<\/P>
\n

“WMD” will soon be touring campuses and other communities. The DVD will be on sale
\nMarch 8th to mark the anniversary of the war. We have a “Teachers Guide” for classroom use as
\nwell. If you can help us promote the film, write David@wmdthefilm.com.<\/P>
\n

I will have more updates on my newly revamped daily blog at Mediachannel.org<\/FONT><\/A><\/B>. You can reach me at dissector@mediachannel.org<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>.<\/STRONG><\/FONT> Thanks for your solidarity and
\nsupport,
<\/P>
\n

Always unembedded and independent,
Danny Schechter<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>, News Dissector
Editor,
\nMediachannel.org
GLOBALVISION
575 8th Avenue, New York, NY l0018 212
\n246-0202×3006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filmmaker Danny Schechter‘s latest flick, “Weapons of Mass Deception,” will be released later this week. Have a look at the 30-second TV spot to be aired in New York on CNN, Fox and MSNBC. He sends this message: Dear friends, I am writing to friends, colleagues, and anyone I can think [of who] might be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-g9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}