Orwell Rolls in His Grave explained

Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Director:	Robert Kane Pappas
Editing:	Robert Kane Pappas
Studio:	Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures
Runtime:	84 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 American documentary film directed by Robert Kane Pappas and written by Pappas and Tom Blackburn.^[1]

Documentary topic

The film covered topics including the Telecommunications Act of 1996, concentration of media ownership, political corruption, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the controversy over the US presidential election of 2000 (particularly in Florida with Bush v. Gore), and the Carter vs. Reagan 1980 October Surprise theory.^[2]

Participants

• Charles Lewis, Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
• Robert McChesney, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Mark Crispin Miller, Author, Professor at New York University
• Bernie Sanders, Congressman from Vermont
• Danny Schechter, Author and Media Critic
• Vincent Bugliosi, Attorney and Author
• Jeff Cohen, Founder of FAIR
• Dennis Kucinich, former Congressman
• Mark Lloyd, Visiting Professor at M.I.T.
• Michael Moore, Journalist and Activist
• John Nichols, Journalist and Activist
• Greg Palast, Journalist and Author
• Helen Thomas, Journalist and member of White House press corps

Screenings

The film has aired in October 2004, on Free Speech TV, a non-profit TV station based in Denver, Colorado and Link TV.^[3]

Reception

In 2004, Washington Post staff writer Desson Thomson found the documentary to feel like a do-over of the views and arguments in Fahrenheit 9/11, The Corporation and Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.^[4]

See also

• Spin
• The medium is the message
• Politico-media complex
• Propaganda model
• Carter vs. Reagan 1980 "October Surprise"

Notes and References

1. Web site: staff . Orwell Rolls In His Grave . . July 5, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706100855/http://www.kcet.org/shows/orwell_rolls_in_his_grave/orwell-rolls-in-his-grave.html . July 6, 2015 .
2. News: Ward. Mike. Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003). July 5, 2015. Pop Matters. August 27, 2004.
3. Web site: Touchdown (admin). Orwell Rolls in his Grave (Free Speech TV) showtimes. October 25, 2004. Democratic Underground. July 5, 2015.
4. Web site: 'Orwell': Big, Boring Brother . Desson Thomson . July 30, 2004 . September 27, 2018 .