The IFC Media Project
Season 1
In the third season, journalism's gone rogue. The critically acclaimed series returns, this time sending four award-winning journalists -- Max Blumenthal, Nir Rosen, Charlie LeDuff and Andrew Berends -- behind the mainstream media's bombastic headlines and empty rhetoric to expose the real stories that lurk beneath the surface of America's fragile culture. The IFC Media Project Presents . . . FEAR, WAR, GREED and DISASTER -- four rollicking 30-minute documentaries that go where blow-dried news personalities fear to tread. In "Fear", Max Blumenthal goes inside the Tea Party to find out who's really pulling the strings. Nir Rosen travels to Afghanistan in "War" to uncover what happened to the $51 Billion the USA has spent on "reconstruction." With Wall Street posting record profits and the rest of the country still screwed, Charlie LeDuff travels from Detroit to Manhattan to the nation's capital in search of answers. And in "Disaster", we follow Andrew Berends and a host of other reporters (including Ivan Watson, Daniel Morel and Dan Rather) as they struggle to cover the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
- The Frontlines of JournalismE2
The Frontlines of JournalismThe episode follows Iraqi photo-journalist Ben Lawi as he captures the US-Iraqi conflict, the people of Iraq, and reconstruction. It also examines the Bush administrations propaganda efforts which helped to sell the war to America through the assistance of the media. Featured interview with Valerie Plame. - Dumbing It DownE3
Dumbing It DownFeatures an experiment by a neuroscientist that looks at the psychological effects of screaming, pundit-driven news. After exploring a story about big pharmaceutical companies, a closer look is taken on how overwhelming and paralyzing the news can be. Featured interview with Dan Rather. - The Anatomy of a StoryE5
The Anatomy of a StoryThe episode follows Carmen, a reporter for the Latin El Diario La Prensa, as she crosses the country on a Greyhound bus searching for Latin stories. Features a breakdown of how the media covers the same old story about the war on drugs, and how it's perpetuated by the US Government and unquestioned by the mainstream media.
