UK Channel 4 - Iraq: The Hidden Story

UK, Channel-4, 2006.05.08 Iraq: The Hidden Story Images of Iraq dominate our TV news bulletins every night but in this film, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow questions whether these reports are sugar-coating the bloody reality of war and the sectarian violence under the US-led occupation. He travels to Baghdad to investigate why the coverage has been so restricted and if the British public are profoundly disconnected from the real Iraq as a result. Iraq: The Hidden Story shows the footage used by TV news broadcasts, and compares it with the devastatingly powerful uncensored footage of the aftermath of the carnage that is becoming a part of the fabric of life in Iraq. Contributors include BBC correspondent Rageh Omaar, Channel 4 news editor Lindsey Hilsum, former CBS correspondent Tom Fenton (http://www.cjrdaily.org/the_water_cooler/tom_fenton_on_how_dumbing_down.php), and The Independent's Robert Fisk (http://www.robert-fisk.com). ----- Thanks to user shomlin on SoS (http://www.sonofshun.com) for this torrent. I am just cross-posting it here. Original uploader's comments: Frisk is a good chap and ppl may want to check out his site. Tom Fenton too, who recently retired from CBS but remains active. Fenton has written scathing articles on the collapse of good reporting in the US. Don't know the other two, aside from reading the above links. Both have spent alot of time in Iraq. I haven't had time to watch the video yet. Enjoy. Also available on Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3519855663545752103&q=The+hidden+Iraq), but quality is so-so. Runtime: 49 mins DivX 5.0 @883kbps in a 640x352 frame | mp3 @128kbps 2channel CBR ------------ Content Type: [Documentary] [News]