{"id":18937,"date":"2025-11-22T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/?p=18937"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:03:47","slug":"episode-175-fascism-in-cinema-the-fourth-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/episode-175-fascism-in-cinema-the-fourth-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 175: “Fascism in Cinema – The Fourth Estate”"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to authoritarian regimes- or those aspiring to be- a free and independent press can be its worst enemy. Fake news, Lugenpresse. “Liberal bias.” Those are just some of the ways they can be discredited by leaders with a fetish for dictatorships. In this episode in our “Fascism in Cinema” episode, listen as myself and the Editor in Chief at In Their Own League<\/a>, Joan Amenn, discuss what a free press means, and why it matters now more than ever. We bring up more films than these, but our discussion focuses on Alan J. Pakula’s “All the President’s Men”<\/i><\/a>, George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck”<\/i><\/a>, and Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight”<\/i><\/a>. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n

You can read my blog outlining my thoughts after the 2024 election here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In July, I wrote about my dive into conspiracy theories here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fascism in Cinema Series<\/b>
\nEpisode 162 – Resistance to Fascism in Cinema<\/a>
\nEpisode 166 – Fascism in Cinema: Copaganda<\/a>
\nEpisode 170 – Fascism in Cinema: Bad Faith<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 175 – Fascism in Cinema: The Fourth Estate<\/b>
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