The New Watchdogs 2011

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	7.6
Imdb Votes:	395
Duration:	104 mins
Year:	2011
Language:	French
Genre:	Documentary
Country:	France
Director:	Gilles Balbastre, Yannick Kergoat
Writers:	Gilles Balbastre, Serge Halimi, Yannick Kergoat, Renaud Lambert, Patrick Rimbert
Actors:	Frédéric Lordon ,
Awards:	1 nomination.

Description:

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.