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Spin

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Spin is a 1995 documentary which gives an interesting behind-the-scenes glimpse of the media in the early 90s. Filmmaker Brian Springer spent an entire year (1992) watching raw satellite feeds, focusing mostly on politicians, newscasters and their manipulations.
Raw satellite feeds show the viewer everything being broadcast live, without any editing. The feed keeps rolling when [...]

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