If it's too bad to be true, it could be DISINFORMATION (1985)

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.

Released

1985-07-18

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

17 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Martha Rosler

TMDB rating

5.0/10 from 3 votes