The War You Don't See

This is another episode in John Pilger's crusade to help people to understand how the world works, as opposed to the understanding that the elites and those who aspire to control our lives would like us to believe.

This documentary is about embedded journalists, and it is also about the failure of the mainstream TV media, particularly BBC and ITV, adequately to express views that differ from the government message.  Any war is also a propaganda war and the media have a pivotal role selecting who's version to publicise. Pilger has no difficulty in providing examples of the mainstream media conscientiously presenting the government's version of events while not attempting to present any alternative views or, alternatively, broadcasting film and arguments from recognized propaganda sources, without any analysis or interpretation from more independent analysts. In the film he interviews those in senior positions in the news heirarchy and we see that they are unable to justify their failure in their journalistic roles.