
By Chris Hedges
Who knew that Hollywood and the Pentagon sometimes shoot from the same storyboard, so to speak—one that casts war, and America’s role in same, in the best possible light (not to mention camera angles)? A lot of people, actually, including filmmakers Oliver Stone and Michael Moore and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, who all chime in about the entertainment industry’s relationship to the military-industrial complex in a new episode of Al-Jazeera’s “Empire” airing over the Christmas holiday and previewed in the clip below.
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