House Parties for 'War Made Easy'

VA, Charlottesville: "War Made Easy" Screening with Special Guests Norman Solomon & Laura Flanders

Chip — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:09:34 -0400

Start: 10/07/2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Free admission. Co-sponsored by Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice and AM 1450 WVAX Progressive Talk Radio.

NJ, Cherry Hill: "War Made Easy" with Special Guest Jeff Cohen

Chip — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:30:43 -0400

Start: 08/24/2007 - 7:00pm

End: 08/24/2007 - 10:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Renowned Media Critic Jeff Cohen to Speak in Cherry Hill

At Screening of “War Made Easy:

How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death”

Cherry Hill – Writer, lecturer, and media critic, Jeff Cohen, appears briefly in “War Made Easy” and as a TV pundit, he had been a rare dissenting voice in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. As featured speaker for the showing of “War Made Easy” to be held on August 24 From 7:00 – 10:00 PM,at the Cherry Hill Unitarian Universalist Church – 401 Kings Hwy. N, Cohen will address the key points of the movie as presented by another famous medic critic, Norman Solomon, whose research and tough-minded analysis documents patterns of political and media deception for war – from Vietnam to Iraq.

The film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present, alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.

Few Media critics have been afforded an intimate, on-the-job view of the outlets they condemn, as those afforded Jeff Cohen. In 1986, Cohen founded FAIR, a media watch group and served as the group’s executive director for a number of years, later served on its board of directors. Upon taking a full time job with MSNBC in May 2002, Cohen stepped down from FAIR’s board. In addition to being an on-air commentator for MSNBC, he was a weekly panelist on Fox News Channel from 1997 – 2002 ; a co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire” in 1996.

At MSNBC, Cohen was a senior producer of the “Phil Donahue Show” but three weeks prior to the invasion; Cohen’s TV career was terminated for political reasons – after he had seen war-enabling bias and censorship up close.

His columns have been published in dozens of dailies, including USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday and Atlanta Constitution. Cohen is the author and co-author of five books, his latest,”Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media”.

After the movie, Jeff Cohen will give a brief speech followed by a Q&A session from the audience. Cohen will be available for book signings and interviews, along with light refreshments at completion of the program.

Admission is Free Will Donation

To reserve seats for the event:

http://warmadeeasy.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/9519-cherry-hill

Or Contact Gerry Devlin at 856-833-9441 or email : devman@ix.netcom.com

Co-Sponsored by :

Unitarian Universalist Church Cherry Hill Social Justice Committee - www.uucinch.org

and

PDA / DFA Progressive Democracy South Jersey - http://www.dfalink.com/group.php?id=775

Please RSVP (scroll to right hand side of page)

Reviews:

WAR MADE EASY AT THE CREST l Sam McManis l The Sacramento Bee | July 16,2007
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/007646.html

EDITOR'S CUT - War Made Easy
The Nation | 27 July 2007 | Katrina Vanden Heuvel & Michael Corcoran
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=217698

CHALLENGE THE MEDIA WAR SPIN WITH "WAR MADE EASY"

Robert Naiman l The Huffington Post | July 14, 2007

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/challenge-the-media-war-s_b_...

THE FIGHT CLUB | Steven G. Kellman l San Antonio Current | June 26, 2007
http://www.sacurrent.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18519347&BRD=2318&PAG=461&...

MARCHING OFF TO MADNESS
Common Sense Magazine | June 2007
http://www.commonsensemag.org/wardvd.html

WAR OPPOSITION MADE EASY | David Swanson
AfterDowningStreet.org | June 10, 2007
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/warmadeeasy

ANTIWAR MOVIES ARE A GROWTH INDUSTRY | Hamilton Nolan
The Cycle blog @ PRWeek.com | May 15, 2007
http://thecycle.prweekblogs.com/2007/05/15/antiwar-movies-are-a-growth-i...

A BLURRY LINE BETWEEN PROPAGANDA AND NEWS l Khody Akhavi l Interpress
Service l July 27, 2007
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38689

Interviews

WAR MADE EASY | Adam Howard l AlterNet | July 11, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56526/

MEDIA MATTERS WITH BOB MCCHESNEY l July 15, 2007
http://www.will.uiuc.edu/media/mediamatters070715.mp3

NY, NYC: Join Mark Crispin Miller for "War Made Easy" Screening

Chip — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:02:25 -0400

Start: 07/18/2007 - 10:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Mark Crispin Miller
invites you to a special NY screening of

"War Made Easy:
How Presidents and
Pundits Spin Us to Death,"
narrated by Sean Penn,
featuring Norman Solomon

Wednesday, July 18
10:30 p.m.*
KGB Bar's Red Room
85 E. 4th St.
3rd floor

Join us after the film for a discussion
over drinks!

*Please show up at 10:00 p.m.
For more on the film:
http://www.warmadeeasythemovie.org/

For more on the bar:
http://www.kgbbar.com

CA, Sacramento: War Made Easy - film screening and discussion with Norman Solomon

Chip — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:46:48 -0400

Start: 07/17/2007 - 7:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

The evening's program will be emceed by Christine Craft (1240 Talk City)!! Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, original author of AJR 36 (the bill to bring our CA National Guard home from Iraq) will join Norman Solomon on the Q&A panel after the film!!

Please RSVP here: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=21049

Following the film, we will have a Q&A discussion with author Norman Solomon, Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Christine Craft and special guests!

Those of you that attended our April meeting with Norman Solomon and Cindy Sheehan saw a rough-cut preview of the film. The response to the film was outstanding. Join us as we now get to see the finished version of the film.

War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of one administration after another.

You can watch a preview of War Made Easy here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5CF5pfVzLI

Please RSVP here: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=21049

WA, Federal Way: Free Public Movie Screening of "War Made Easy"

sual4pax — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:19:35 -0400

Start: 09/09/2007 - 5:00pm

End: 09/09/2007 - 7:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

"War Made Easy" reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. "War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Guided by media critic Norman Solomon’s meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, the film presents disturbing examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present alongside rare footage of political leaders and leading journalists from the past, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer. Norman Solomon's work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “brutally persuasive” and essential “for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee.” This film now offers a chance to see that context on the screen. -from the "War Made Easy" site. Running Time: 72 minutes. For more information, please visit FederalWayMatters.org

GA, Decatur: War Made Easy Free Public Screening

susankinga — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:22:13 -0400

Start: 07/22/2007 - 12:00am

End: 07/22/2007 - 12:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Join the Georgia for Democracy Film club for a free screening of the new documentary by Norman Solomon: War Made Easy:How Politicians and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. This screening is free and open to the public. For more info email susan@georgiafordemocracy.org

NC, Charlotte: "War Made Easy" film screening & discussion

daviddixon — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:37:54 -0400

Start: 06/21/2007 - 7:30pm

End: 06/21/2007 - 10:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Join us to view the new film "War Made Easy" on a big screen followed by discussion. Free popcorn. For more info contact Action Center For Justice at (704) 492-8527 or see www.CharlotteAction.org.