MOYERS: THE PUBLIC MIND— IMAGE AND REALITY IN AMERICA
WATCH SERIES | 4 PROGRAMS
MOYERS: THE PUBLIC MIND — IMAGE AND REALITY IN AMERICA explores image and reality in America. The four one-hour program series explores how public opinion is formed through the mingling of fact and fiction in a society saturated with images. The series examines the impact on democracy of a mass culture whose basic information comes from image making, the media, public opinion polls, public relations and propaganda.
4 PROGRAMS
1. Consuming Images
2. Leading Questions
3. Illusions of News
4. The Truth About Lies
Moyers: The Public Mind — Image and Reality in America was produced by Public Affairs Television and Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. in 1989.
FUNDED BY
Johnson & Johnson
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS
Markle Foundation
Schumann Foundation
AWARDS
Emmy Award – Outstanding Program (1989)
National Academy of Television News and Documentary
The George Foster Peabody Award – The University of Georgia (1989)
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FILM REVIEWS
It's nothing less than the most important program I've seen in 1989. — San Francisco Chronicle
The Public Mind is a profound, acutely perceptive four-part PBS series. — Los Angeles Times
The Public Mind is as insightful and chilling a state of the union message as you are likely to see on television this year. — Newsday