The IFC Media Project
(2008)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
For season 3, the Media Project dropped its "magazine-style" format and focused each episode on telling 22-minute short documentaries under the tagline "4 Nights, 4 Journalists, 4 Stories." The third season follows journalists Max Blumenthal, Nir Rosen, Charlie LeDuff and Andrew Berends.DISASTER
Episode 4 - 5-27-2010
29m
The episode focuses on the media's coverage of the earthquake in Haiti. Following documentary filmmaker and photographer Andrew Berends as well as Dan Rather and CNN, we see how the media mobilizes and struggles to cover their story in a disaster zone.
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GREED
Episode 3 - 5-26-2010
29m
Charlie LeDuff turns the media's fascination with the decimation of his hometown, Detroit, Michigan, inside out. Leaving his hometown to confront the power brokers in Wall Street and the United States Congress, LeDuff meets Senators, journalists and stock brokers in his hunt to discover what happened to the American dream. Featuring H. Rodgin Cohen and Matt Taibbi.
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WAR
Episode 2 - 5-25-2010
28m
The episode explores the Obama administration's strategy for the war in Afghanistan through the lens of reconstruction. Journalist Nir Rosen travels to Kabul and Wardak Province to uncover how $51 billion have been spent.
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FEAR
Episode 1 - 5-24-2010
29m
The episode follows Max Blumenthal as he explores the language of fear within the Tea Party Movement and how Fox News Channel and leaders of the Republican Party are using fear to meet their own political ends.
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Season 2
Government and the Media
Episode 5 - 5-31-2009
28m
The episode chronicles four journalists inside the White House Press Corps under Obama's administration, and interweaves a look on how Barack Obama relates to media and how certain elements have affected government transparency in the media through time.
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Economics and News
Episode 4 - 5-24-2009
27m
The episode focuses on the plight of the media in today's current economic state. Case studies compare former media insiders' perspectives as well as show who's hurting and benefiting from the digital shift. A mini-feature piece chronicles the death of the Rocky Mountain News as told from the point of view of its editor and publisher, John Temple.
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Agendas
Episode 3 - 5-17-2009
25m
The episode covers a variety of topics, including questioning the media's agendas in political and business news coverage, the debate over clean coal and how two competing publicity campaigns obfuscate the issue, as well as a look at why we will continue to need coal for years to come. Activist Alex Jones is featured as a "below-the-radar" anti-government media voice.
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Crossing the Line
Episode 2 - 5-10-2009
26m
The episode explores journalistic ethics and when it is or isn't okay to "cross the line" in pursuit of a story. Featured is the story of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at President Bush during a press conference. Featured interview with columnist Randy Cohen.
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American Worldview
Episode 1 - 5-03-2009
27m
The episode takes a look at how the US is portrayed in the world media, and how it's often misrepresented. Featured segment investigates why English Al-Jazeera is unavailable in most of the US. Featured interview with the creator of "BCC World News America" Rome Hartman.
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Season 1
The Future of News
Episode 6 - 12-23-2008
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The Anatomy of a Story
Episode 5 - 12-16-2008
26m
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Unreliable Sources
Episode 4 - 12-09-2008
25m
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Dumbing It Down
Episode 3 - 12-02-2008
23m
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The Frontlines of Journalism
Episode 2 - 11-25-2008
28m
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News Fixations and Taboos
Episode 1 - 11-18-2008
27m
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