The read
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Kane PappasDirector
Cast
- Charles LewisSelf - Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
- Robert McChesneySelf - Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Mark Crispin MillerSelf - Professor at New York University
- Vincent BugliosiSelf - Attorney, Author
- Dennis KucinichSelf - Congressman for Ohio
- Mark LloydSelf - Visiting Prof. at Massachussets Institute of Technology
- Michael MooreSelf
- John NicholsSelf
- Greg PalastSelf - Reporter
- Tim RobbinsSelf (archive footage)
- Helen ThomasSelf
- Jeff CohenSelf - Founder of FAIR