This film explores the hidden story of the distorted media coverage during the Iraq war.  There were two wars going on in Iraq - one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and disarm WMDs - Weapons of Mass Destruction; the other was carried out with even more powerful WMDs, Weapons of Mass Deception. 

The TV networks in America considered their non-stop coverage their finest hour, pointing to the use of embedded journalists and new technologies that permitted viewers to see a war up close for the first time. But different countries saw different wars. Why?  This film tracks the media war through February 2004. 

Weapons of Mass Deception was produced, and is reported by, former network journalist, Danny Schechter, who is one of America's most prolific media critics.  For more information about the film, the issue and Danny Schechter, click here.