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If it's too bad to be true, it could be DISINFORMATION

If it's too bad to be true, it could be DISINFORMATION

★ 5.0/10•1985•17m•Documentary

In a fusion of text and image, Rosler re-presents the NBC Nightly News and other broadcast reports to analyze their deceptive syntax and capture the confusion intentionally inserted into the news script. The artist addresses the fallibility of electronic transmission by emphasizing the distortion and absurdities that occur as a result of technical interference. Stressing the fact that there's never a straight story, Rosler asserts her presence in a character-genererated text that irolls over the manipulated images, isolating excerpts from her sources. In Rosler's barrage of media information, the formal structure is inseparable from her political analysis.

Martha Rosler · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime17m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 18, 1985

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