'By-Passing the Media Filter' on the Iraq War

As part of its PR strategy to 'by-pass the media filter' that it claims is distorting public perception of the Iraq war with too much negative reporting, the Bush administration has been granting interviews to smaller, more friendly media. A 'media by-pass' tactic of a different sort is being used by critics of the war who, as we've documented in our book Weapons of Mass Deception, have been locked out of mainstream media coverage. Alternet has announced that "A provocative new DVD that documents how the Bush Administration exaggerated the threat of Iraq, debuts today. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald, "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" takes you behind the scenes, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out and reveal the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that the Bush administration used to deceive the public." Word of the DVD is "going to millions of MoveOn members, Nation subscribers, Working Assets customers, and others as part of an unprecedented, simultaneous effort to bypass the film and media gatekeepers and take the information directly to the people."