Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Oct 23 2003
•1h 24m
•Documentary, History
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.
Cast
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Charles Lewis
Self - Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
Robert McChesney
Self - Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark Crispin Miller
Self - Professor at New York University
Vincent Bugliosi
Self - Attorney, Author
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