Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Directed by
Written by
  • Sut Jhally
  • Bathsheba Ratzkoff
Starring
Distributed byMedia Education Foundation
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Spanish

Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land is a 2004 American documentary film directed 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".[1][2] 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.[3] It features Noam Chomsky, Robert Jensen, Hanan Ashrawi, Sam Husseini, and Robert Fisk, among others.[1][3]

In its response to the movie, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of San Francisco, a Jewish communal advocacy organization, criticized the film for not discussing the influence of "the numerous pro‐Palestinian media watchdog groups, including FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, which describes itself as 'A National Media Watch Group'), whose spokesperson played a prominent role in the film".[4]

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".[5]

See also

The media
The conflict

References

  1. ^ a b Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine by the Media Education Foundation (Official website)
  2. ^ "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land (2004)", at IMDb
  3. ^ a b Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine on Google Video
  4. ^ "Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: A Critical Review and Analysis" (PDF). JCRC. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2006. Retrieved October 10, 2006.
  5. ^ Ned Martel, "Eager to Place the Blame for a Never-Ending Conflict" (review), The New York Times, January 28, 2005.