Television broadcasts have, in the main, been more suggestive, less specific, more distant in their images than the print press: often you knew that lump was a dead body only because a chattering reporter told you it was. Bruce Jackson bodybroadcastchatter share on social
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media. Bruce Jackson clearinfluencemedium Change image and share on social
The media bring our wars home, but only rarely have they been able to do it in complete freedom. Bruce Jackson bringcompletefreedom Change image and share on social
Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility. Bruce Jackson createdeclinedocumentary Change image and share on social
Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. Bruce Jackson callgovernmentmean Change image and share on social
Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know. Bruce Jackson acceptdocumentelement share on social
You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images. Bruce Jackson americandeathhave Change image and share on social
Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films without narrators. Bruce Jackson dateeasyfilm Change image and share on social
For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled. Bruce Jackson controlelementgovernment Change image and share on social
