Respect this man

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2003)

I saw this film on television on April 11, 2003. Right after the US-invasion in Bagdad. Right after the US-ambassador in Brussels told the press that he didn't like how Belgian media commented on the US-operation in Iraq. The Insider is about pressure on the press by big international concerns (in this case the tobacco industry). Since the Bush-administration in the USA took over, the interests of industry and government overlap. How free can the press be when this happens? Not all journalists are as brave as Lowell Bergman. Some Americans should read about the evil propaganda methods of Goebels (remember?). And Michael Mann has still a lot of shooting to do to make clear that the freedom of the press is essential in democracy, as important as opposition in Congress, as important as the voice and the clearvoyance of Mr Michael Mann himself. R-E-S-P-E-C-T T-H-I-S M-A-N.