The Truth Illusion

I get what they were trying to do, but this was all over the place. For starters, it's a very short documentary for the message that's trying to be conveyed. You'd need at least two hours, minimum, if you want to discuss the basics of misinformation. If anything, this felt like a trailer for a documentary - or some strange coked-up 80s movie, with chopping and changing topics and scenes. Documentarians like this need to do a lot more research and put in A LOT more effort, as this was an incredibly lazy attempt. Perhaps take a leaf out of the book of Adam Curtis, and actually build a cohesive story that leads to a deeper understanding, as opposed to talking points from news headlines.

Excellent documentary about how the public are manipulated by the politicians and media. Interesting commentaries from people who were principle in organising deceptions to the public in the past. Shows how the political parties are more interested in maintaining their power rather than serving the public interest. Particularly interesting is how they show a section of society want to be manipulated.... Probably the people that mark this documentary a low score.

It's not new info and a lot will be found in other sources however it's well put together and is a good watch and is well researched.