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Photography as a Weapon: Filmmaker Errol Morris on Photojournalism · Zoom

News Type: Other — Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
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In this extensive interview, director and filmmaker Errol Morris wonders why deception in imagery works so well in subverting popular opinion. People, it turns out, remember stronger emotional events, even when it's a false impression, and even after journalists publish a retraction.

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