🎬 Documentary

The New Watchdogs

⭐ 7.4/10 2012 1h 40m Dir. Gilles Balbastre

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In 1932, the writer Paul Nizan published "The New Watchdogs" to denounce the philosophers and writers of his time who, sheltering behind intellectual neutrality, imposed themselves as true watchdogs of the established order. Today the watchdogs are journalists, editors, and media experts who've openly become market evangelists and guardians of the social order. In a sardonic manner, "The New Watchdogs" denounces this press that, claiming to be independent, objective and pluralist, makes out it is a democratic force of opposition. With forcefulness and precision, the film puts its finger on the increasing danger of information produced by the major industrial groups of the Paris Stock Exchange and perverted into merchandise.

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7.4/10 51 votes

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Year
2012
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.4/10
Votes
51
Genre
Documentary
Language
FR

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Gilles Balbastre 👤 Renaud Lambert 👤 Nicolas Sarkozy 👤 Laurent Joffrin
media tycoon media politics media adviser manipulation of the media critic public media corporate media media criticism media & politics political documentary media appropriation

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The New Watchdogs has a runtime of 1h 40m (1 hour and 40 minutes).
The New Watchdogs was directed by Gilles Balbastre and released in 2012.
The New Watchdogs is a Documentary film (2012).
The cast of The New Watchdogs includes Renaud Lambert, Nicolas Sarkozy, Laurent Joffrin, Arnaud Lagardère, Alain Duhamel.
The New Watchdogs has a TMDB rating of 7.4/10 based on 51 votes.

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