Behind the Big News (A MovieGuide ® Review)
| By: Dr. Ted Baehr; ©2003 |
| This documentary, distributed by American Opinion Book Services, exposes our need for discernment when it comes to news reporting. |
Behind the Big News (A MovieGuide® Review)
RATING: None RELEASE: 2003 TIME: 59 minutes DIRECTOR: Tom Gow PRODUCER: Tom Gow EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: G. Vance Smith WRITERS: Tom Preimesberg, William N. Grigg, and Tom Gow DISTRIBUTOR: American Opinion Book Services GENRE: Documentary
Jason Blair, the New York Times reporter who was fired for a pattern of fraud, plagiarism and deceit, is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the misinformation that the major news outlets have been feeding to the American people for many years. Regrettably, the New York Times seems to have been at the forefront of the trend of newspapers that nurtured reporters who deceived the public.
A few will recognize the name of Walter Durante, the New York Times reporter assigned to Soviet Russia in the 1930s to 1950s, who portrayed the bloodthirsty dictator Joseph Stalin as “Uncle Joe” and claimed that everything was better in the Soviet Union. Malcolm Muggeridge and other reporters from other countries were horrified at Durante’s falsified reports of bounty in Soviet Russia at a time when millions were being killed by the Communist tyrants and six million Ukrainians were purposely being starved to death. Durante was eventually exposed, but not before his support for the Communist Soviet system had brought the aid that was needed to keep the evil empire alive for many more years than would have been the case if the truth had been known.
Another N.Y. Times reporter whitewashed Castro by saying the dictator was not a Communist and that the killing of dissidents in Cuba was merely the young revolutionaries “sowing their wild oats.” Anybody who has read Against All Hope is aware that Castro runs one of the most brutal Communist regimes.
Since people seem to forget history so quickly, Behind the Big News is an important video documentary that gives insight into what really happened and exposes our need for discernment. For anyone interested in the truth, it is a “must viewing.”
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