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Title:

The truth about lies [videorecording] / a production of Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films of the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Deception.
Self-deception.
Social psychology.
Electioneering.
Political leadership.
Public opinion.
United States--Politics and government--1945-

Other Authors:

Moyers, Bill D.
Kaufman, Paul.
Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.
Public Affairs Television (Firm)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.).
Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Notes:

Close-captioned for the hearing impaired. "A presentation of WNET/New York and WETA/Washington." Originally produced for television broadcast in 1989. Bill Moyers, host.

Summary:

Examines how deception has influenced major events of the recent past and how self-deception shapes our personal lives and the public mind. Investigates reasons why deception is used and recounts historical events to illustrate the consequences. Focuses on the Bay of Pigs, the war in Vietnam, Watergate, and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Series:

The public mind: image and reality in America

OCLC:

(OCoLC)32630914

Locations:

6AAX145 -- Carroll Campus Library (Carroll)