'Of Media and Press Freedom\r'

'Fahrenheit(postnominal)(postnominal) 9/11, a documentary celluloid which debuted in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, was produced, written, and direct by the now contr only oversial Michael Moore. It has †and continues to †create waves in Ameri gouge society for its liberal and litigious perspectives. Although the name includes the fateful numbers 9 and 11, the documentary was non really about September 11, but it did corpuscle briefly on that doomful day for all Ameri brush offs; particularly since it was pivotal for the discussion of what was really the characterisation’s main target.\r\nThe film provided not only the American people but likewise the world over a critical look on George W. bush’s presidency and his War on act of terrorism. Moore, admittedly a liberal, is not exactly fond of professorship George W. shrub. And this is app bent in his works, especially with the documentary film now in question. In fact, Fahrenheit 9/11 was mostly an attack on W. Bush and the vogue he handled the 9/11 attacks and the pressing threat of act of curseism on America. Moore contends that W. Bush was not exactly an inept president; au contraire, he was a really smart one who knew scarce how influential his position is.\r\nReleased in America under the presidency of the in truth man it sought to destroy, Fahrenheit 9/11 was the utter(a) example of however how much democracy can be †and, sometimes, should be †very lenient on the media. With the media world brand as a ‘watchdog’, serving as the citizens’ omnipotent eye on the goings-on of politics and everything else that concerns them, it is very necessary to let the media speak as freely as it should. Even with moves to censor and even bring low Moore and his claims in this documentary, the Bush garbage disposal had to let the motion picture be shown as completely hiding Fahrenheit 9/11 from the public will be a fare for questioning the govern ment’s commitment to freedom of speech, which is clearly stated in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.\r\nYet with the admirable way Fahrenheit 9/11 demonstrated our state of matter’s committal to press freedom, the Palme d’Or recipient also painted near how media can also go overboard and abuse its office staff as a watchdog. Even with the guise of being a look into how a president can abuse his proponents, Fahrenheit 9/11 was do in a manner that can cause discord.\r\nMade and exhibited at a time when Americans are still healing from the wounds of September 11 and the impression painfully refreshed the hurt that the events caused the American people. As the now popular Spiderman saying goes, â€Å"With great power comes great responsibility.” This only means that people female genitalia the media know just when propagandas and destructive materials should be unploughed to a minimum.\r\nAssuming that Moore did get his facts right in the mov ie and his claims in his award-winning documentary incur basis and are deserving of being exposed to the people, we can still see just how offensive media can be of its powers †this time, we’ll see it in the stories that Moore weaved. Media’s insolent nature is most apparent in the part where the movie’s director/ author portrayed the news networks’ contribution to the ‘fear’ propaganda.\r\nMoore claims that the intro of a war in Iraq had no basis, just W. Bush’s own ‘fear’ propaganda, which (as was also stated by Member of the Congress Jim McDermott) was spurred by the media’s willing coverage of the Bush administration’s feed of the ‘constant’ threat of terrorism even though there were no circumstantial details handed out. And so in a way, Moore also momentarily paints a tirade on American media’s eagerness to become a voice of the Bush administration by presenting the terror t hreat and even the Iraqi war in a non-rationale way, going with what the W. Bush administration precious them to cover. For Moore, a lot of lies and cover-ups happened with the War on Terrorism coverage.\r\nIndeed, Fahrenheit 9/11 may wear torn the nation into two †some believe its theories wholeheartedly, and some reserving their trust to the Bush administration. But for some(prenominal) political science student, the movie is a perfect look as to how important a consumption and responsibility the media posses in a democratic society. The movie also throws in the glaring fact that the media †with all its freedom and responsibility †should take extra distribute in handling its affairs.\r\nReferences\r\nFahrenheit 9/11. Dir. Michael Moore. 2004, June 25. DVD. lion Gates Films, 2004.\r\n'