Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

Infobox Film
name = Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land


caption = U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
directors = Sut Jhally
Bathsheba Ratzkoff
producer =
writer = Sut Jhally
Bathsheba Ratzkoff
starring = Noam Chomsky
Robert Jensen
Hanan Ashrawi
Robert Fisk
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cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Media Education Foundation
released =
runtime = 80 min
country = United States
language = English
Arabic
French
Hebrew
Spanish
budget =
imdb_id = 0428959
released = 2004

Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land is a 2004 documentary by Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff which -- according to the film's official website -- "provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" and which "analyzes and explains how--through the use of language, framing and context--the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media". [http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] by the Media Education Foundation (Official website)] [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428959/ Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] on IMDB] The film argues that the influence of pro-Israel media watchdog groups, such as CAMERA and Honest Reporting, has led to distorted and pro-Israel media reports. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565&q=Peace%2C+Propaganda+%26+the+Promised+Land Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] on Google Video] In its response to the movie, the pro-Israel JCRC criticizes the film for not discussing the influence of "the numerous pro‐Palestinian media watchdog groups, including, ironically, FAIR (Fair and Accuracy in the Media, which describes itself as 'A National Media Watch Group'), whose spokesperson played a prominent role in the film". [ [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jcrc.org%2Fisrael%2Fp3l%2FP3L-Review.pdf&ei=V5qGSI7RAaeuecrjtO8F&usg=AFQjCNGG7INnqItzmhS3o0jNSvdWG4B0ww&sig2=engFwNfKD1JuHoiC4Tk4Rg Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: A Critical Review and Analysis] ( [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:VNpVMfdBQacJ:www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf+www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a HTML] ) by JCRC] According to LiP Magazine, the movie "offers a great starting point for thinking about media misrepresentation of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and useful analysis of how language is used to manipulate public opinion," but is short on "solid statistics and facts to back up some of its blanket statements". [ [http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/revicontent_peaceprop.htm Review of Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land] by LiP Magazine] A review in the New York Times by Ned Martel found that the film "largely ignores Palestinian leadership, which has surely played a part in the conflict’s broken vows and broken hearts. And such a lack of dispassion weakens the one-sided film’s bold and detailed argument". [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/295440/Peace-Propaganda-The-Promised-Land-American-Media-The-Subversion-of-Peace/overview Review of Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land (2003)] by Ned Martel on the New York Times] The film features, among others, Noam Chomsky, Robert Jensen, Hanan Ashrawi, Sam Husseini, and Robert Fisk.

References

See also

; The media
* Media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict
* Media bias
* Propaganda
* Spin
* Hasbara; The conflict
* Arab-Israeli conflict
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict
* Second Intifada

External links

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* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=295440 Movie details, N.Y. Times Review]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565&q=Peace%2C+Propaganda+%26+the+Promised+Land Peace, Propaganda & the Promise Land] on Google Video
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jcrc.org%2Fisrael%2Fp3l%2FP3L-Review.pdf&ei=V5qGSI7RAaeuecrjtO8F&usg=AFQjCNGG7INnqItzmhS3o0jNSvdWG4B0ww&sig2=engFwNfKD1JuHoiC4Tk4Rg Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: A Critical Review and Analysis] ( [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:VNpVMfdBQacJ:www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf+www.jcrc.org/israel/p3l/P3L-Review.pdf&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a HTML] ) by JCRC