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Gideon Yago hosts this thought-provoking series examining the current state of investigative journalism and how it affects our perceptions of the world around us. The IFC Media Project examines alternative viewpoints on mainstream news reports.

Documentary · 2008 · 26 min

Starring Gideon Yago

EPISODE 1

Taboos In News

News program. Gideon Yago hosts. This episode examines specific media obsessions as well as off-limit topics in news reporting. First it follows Larry Garrison, the producer-broker of abducted white girl stories, as he goes about generating a media frenzy around a small handful of such cases. The show also looks at how the pro-Israel lobby influences the narrative in press coverage of Israel and US-Israel relations. “Media Encyclopedia” examines the uses of the word “Allegedly", features a “News Junkie” animated piece on ethnicity in the news, and an interview with Tucker Carlson.

26 min · 18 Nov 2008
EPISODE 2

The Frontlines of Journalism

News program. Gideon Yago hosts. This episode follows Iraqi war photo-journalist Ben Lowy as he captures the conflict, people, occupation and reconstruction of this war-torn country. The show also looks at how the Bush administration used propaganda in the form of the embed program and the military analyst program to sell the war to the American people through the aid of the media. Regular segments include a “Media Encyclopedia” look at the notion of “The Tease", “News Junkie” animation about the media's tendency to label things as "gates", and features an interview with Valerie Plame-Wilson.

27 min · 25 Nov 2008
EPISODE 3

Dumbing It Down

News program. Gideon Yago hosts. This episode details a behavioral experiment conducted by a Boston neuroscientist that looks at the mental and emotional effects of pundit-driven news. Regular segments include "Media Encyclopedia", a "News Junkie" animation that proposes news should be personalized so people pay more attention to it and a an interview with Dan Rather.

22 min · 2 Dec 2008
EPISODE 4

Unreliable Sources

The first part of this episode critiques the press coverage of the looming economic crisis on Wall Street. The feature piece looks at how New York's three major daily papers failed to critically cover the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, and is a case study in how big business controls the news. Other segments include a new “Media Encyclopedia", a one-time ‘Who's Your Daddy’ animated segment revealing the money and power structure of Cablevision, the company that owns Rainbow Media and IFC, and an interview with "The Yes Men", a pair of media provocateurs.

24 min · 12 Sept 2008
EPISODE 5

Anatomy of a Story

News program. Gideon Yago hosts. This episode follows a Spanish language reporter from El Diario as she criss-crosses the country on a Greyhound bus seeking out Latino stories. The show also looks at how the narrative of the drug war has been played and replayed in the press. Regular segments include "Media Encyclopedia", a "News Junkie" animation and an interview with documentary filmmaker, Alex Gibney.

25 min · 16 Dec 2008
EPISODE 6

Nice New News!

Gideon Yago hosts this thought-provoking episode that examines the current state of investigative journalism and how it affects our perceptions of the world around us.

26 min · 23 Dec 2008

Gideon Yago

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