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06/11/1992 Documentary 2h 47m
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A Primer In Intellectual Self-Defense

Overview

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

  1. Peter Wintonick

    Director

  2. Mark Achbar

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Noam Chomsky

    Self

  2. Mark Achbar

    Self - Interviewer

  3. Edward S. Herman

    Self

  4. William F. Buckley Jr.

    Self (uncredited)

  5. Peter Jennings

    Self (uncredited)

  6. Bill Moyers

    Self (uncredited)

  7. Tom Wolfe

    Self (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
We have gone from Noam Chomsky, who famously said that you can only have one or two positions on free speech....to a left wing that wants to censor anything remotely offensive to them.

The left has gone from this wise old sage to spray painting "Liberals get the bullet too" at protests they are countering to squash free speech.

And its gotten to the point where Margaret Atwood had her feminist credentials stripped away, Howard Zinn passed away, anything that is disagreed with is labeled as hate speech...and anyone you disagree with is a Nazi that needs to be hit.

The old guard has die...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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