Review of Control Room (2004) by Susan M — 22 Jul 2010
This documentary opened my eyes. I had watched news of the early days of the Iraq war on CNN (believing that CNN was more balanced than Fox,) and was susceptible to the spin perpetuated by the U.S. military.
This film documentary shows the same war from the perspective of people who were there and not under U.S. control. There is a question raised as to whether one specific news event was staged by the U.
S. military to get viewer's minds off criticisms, and whether the "accidental" bombing of Al-Jazeera was really an attempt to silence or influence them. One moving aspect of the film is U.
S. Marine Josh Rushing, who was the press officer of Central Command, who begins to see the media bias from both sides.
This review of Control Room (2004) was written by Susan M on 22 Jul 2010.
Control Room has generally received very positive reviews.
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