With false news and disinformation playing a large role in the current media landscape, it is
critical that journalists and consumers alike learn how to critically analyze all the news stories
and information we come across each day. American Corner Trieste Events in Theme:
Written, Directed and Starring Orson Welles.
Considered one of the GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE.
Nominated for 9 Academy Awards, but received only 1 due to heavy lobbying against the film.
Among the first 25 films inserted in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
Loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst.
A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud". The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world.
Did the Hearst / Pulitzer media war fuel the Spanish American War? Is fake news and sensationalism new to journalism?
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