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"The War You Don't See" - A Must See Documentary

December 26, 2010

Some of the world's leading star reporters from mainstream and highly influential networks come clean about their role in war reporting. "The War You Don't See" by John Pilger is an unflinching, powerful and timely documentary about the role of media in making wars like Iraq and Afghanistan possible. 

 

 

 

 

Taghi Amirani

TED Senior Fellow

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Olivetti Is Typecast Again While Obama Takes The Stage at West Point

December 1, 2009

It's 1:25 am in London and I am watching a live transmission of President Obama talking at West Point about his new Afghan strategy. But I'm distracted by The Guardian website and this article about the writer of No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy parting with his beloved Olivetti typewriter after 50 years:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/01/cormac-mccarthy-auctions-typewriter

Half listening to Obama and half reading the tale of a writer saying good-bye to his much treasured writing companion, I am overcome by a glow of nostalgia about another Olivetti love affair. One called affectionately "Olive" by its owner Louise Brindley, who featured in a Channel 4 documentary I made back in 1997.

http://www.amiranifilms.com/work/documentary/mad_about_machines/dear_olive 

Now back to Obama and Afghanistan. He's saying the US does not seek world domination and America is the nation he most wants to build. I wonder what machines his speech writers wrote those words on. And if they will have a lasting impact.

 

Taghi Amirani

http://www.amiranifilms.com/

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Filed under  //   Afghanistan   Amirani Films   Cormac McCarthy   No Country For Old Men   Obama   Olivetti   The Guardian  
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