This was the film that inspired Brasscheck‏ "Spin" by Brian Springer

I first saw this film back in the early
90s very late one night on a college 
TV station. 
 
It took me years in those pre-Internet
days to get my own copy. 
 
No film has ever done a better job 
of showing what goes on behind the 
scenes at the broadcast news 
networks. It's pretty surreal. 
 
Video:
 
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/2988.html
 
- Brasscheck

 “Spin” by Brian SpringerOne of the most important films
of the last 25 years

 Using the 1992 presidential election as his springboard, documentary 
filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of 
politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters 
about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George 
Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon -- all presuming they're off 
camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a 
surreal expose of media-constructed reality.
 

Brian Springer

 Footage you were never 
supposed to see

 
Artist Brian Springer spent a year scouring the airwaves with a satellite dish

 grabbing back channel news feeds not intended for public consumption. The 

result of his research is SPIN, one of the most insightful films ever made 

about the mechanics of how television is used as a tool of social control to

 distort and limit the American public’s perception of reality.

Take the time to watch it from beginning to end and you’ll never look at TV 

reporting the same again. Tell your friends about it. This extraordinary film

 released in the early 1990s is almost completely unknown. Hopefully, the 

Internet will change that.

Note: We have posted excerpts of this film. You can find these excerpts by 

going to the “Spin” section of Brasscheck TV.
- See more at: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/spin-1/spin-by-brian-springer.

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