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Spin

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SpinArtist Brian Springer spent a year scouring the airwaves with a satellite dish grabbing back channel news feeds not intended for public consumption.

The result of his research is SPIN, one of the most insightful films ever made about the mechanics of how television is used as a tool of social control to distort and limit the American public's perception of reality.

Take the time to watch it from beginning to end and you'll never look at TV reporting the same again. Tell your friends about it. This extraordinary film released in the early 1990s is almost completely unknown. Hopefully, the Internet will change that.

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Jason Rahall
Jason Rahall
12 years ago

Very interesting. Wonder if the satellite tv available today can still view the advance/early network feeds?

ÐåtÇh Mendez W
ÐåtÇh Mendez W
12 years ago

People who do stuffff!!!! Fight the power!

ÐåtÇh Mendez W
ÐåtÇh Mendez W
12 years ago

Why are the bad guys wining? cause they take freaking action, we the ones who try to do something are often paralized by those who are too bussy complining about everything, you cant suspect everybody of working for the system!!!, you paranoid people!!!!, and even if it was propaganda, still, all this deluded people who think they are doing good but are acctually working for the "great power" to take over afrika, are getting together doing something, later they may unite to do actual good that doesnt fullfill the systems agenda cause there will be an stablished group.

ThomasTheDoubter
ThomasTheDoubter
12 years ago

Thank you, Brian! This country is still the best place to live in this chaotic world mainly for people like you and the freedom we still enjoy with the so far unobstructed internet. I'll spread this as far as I can. Thank you too, TDF!

truthdigging
truthdigging
12 years ago

Omg! You know there is spin but to actually witness it is another thing. Omg, some of the s#it that comes out of these newsanchors' mouths.

Katjushka Bbaale
Katjushka Bbaale
12 years ago

why is the video not available now?

Guest
Guest
12 years ago

So no to SOPA! Democracy is the Internet ONLY!

lmorro02
lmorro02
12 years ago

this is awesome - wish it could be done in this day in time...

C T
C T
12 years ago

That was Awesome! OMG... Everyone should see this.

Matt Kukowski
Matt Kukowski
13 years ago

A MUST SEE. Amateur but good. I can not help to just shutter when I watch how they act and what they see... they believe in make up and cover ups.

Truly bizarre really... but I hope people begin to wake the hell up. Because we do NOT live in a democracy.

If you think you do live in a democracy... consider this. When you goto the polls and VOTE.. how many choices do you have?

Take the choice count and divide by the number of voters.

3/300 million+ people... you do the math. YOU.. yes YOU... and I do NOT live in a democracy. It is just a fact.

Greg_Mc
Greg_Mc
13 years ago

Pretty interesting, especially if you are old enough to remember the players and the time it happened. Very funny watching Larry King campaign with each of the three nominee's to to be asked to be the moderator for the debate

jcn1706
jcn1706
13 years ago

the ownly format we the people have lef, is the internet And fear that in time that will go or will be controled too

Documentary Guy
Documentary Guy
14 years ago

The best! Fantastic job.

Lawrence
Lawrence
14 years ago

I really enjoyed seeing the older footage and seeing slightly forgotten characters. We've come so far since this was relevant and so much has happened since then.

I found that some of the subject matter he covered actually shed some light and reminded me a several things I haven't thought of for a long time. It's so different when you're on the outside looking in. If we understood what goes on behind the scenes, it would completely change the way we look at media in our society.

It runs about an hour, and I'd recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the subject. You can see how they were just starting to do things, as compared to the sophistication of how they do it now. He also did a great job of preserving the media historically, capturing it over time from various raw satellite feeds.

Can it change your life? No guarantees there, but it could help you make better informed decisions. All I can say is don't ever take anything for face value. These people are professionals and they know exactly what they are doing. It's a science that has been evolving and gaining unparalled levels of sophistication - all for the purpose of controlling and manipulating your decisions.

pigdoor
pigdoor
14 years ago

nothing really earth shattering here.

David
David
14 years ago

Larry King is a very strange little man.

chocolatestarfish
chocolatestarfish
14 years ago

i like how the producer/director not only dished out a bunch of footage but strung together a very convincing and despite its running time entertaining narrative.

you get a sense that the guy knows how the media circus plays us. and how much they are in bed with the political establishment.

indie documentary craft at its finest.

Ben
Ben
14 years ago

Excellent documentary. Lots of unique, excellent footage. Much of it of highly famous people like Bush Senior, Clinton, Larry King, Al Gore, etc not aware of themselves being recorded. Strongly recommended to all, even those aware of the issue beforehand.

TV
TV
14 years ago

Seems to me if you know your tech you can use a converter box to do anything u chose. You can even activate your dvr without paying for it; download movied from your dvr to your computer; and probably can go into all feeds running on air. Just takes the knowledge to do this. its just a converter box not a space ship.

Dannkk
Dannkk
14 years ago

Pretty interesting. Especially when you consider that this dish system isn't used anymore. They all come with subscription services and preprogrammed converter boxes now.