{"id":1566,"date":"2019-02-24T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2019-02-24T21:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:08:38","slug":"news-literacy-prof-drains-new-beers-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/news-literacy-prof-drains-new-beers-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"News Literacy Prof Drains New ‘Beers’ Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cBeers of Joy,\u201d a new film pitched as a documentary, turned out to be something else entirely, once a news literacy instructor began to look closer.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Prof. David Alm, who teaches a News Literacy class for the Hunter journalism program, brought his mastery of the subject to bear \u2014 and to beer \u2014 in a review of a new documentary<\/a> on the drink.
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The film, \u201cBeers of Joy,\u201d  premiers March 1 and was pitched by a publicist to as a documentary examination of “the rich history, detailed science, and unique personalities of the beer world.”
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But as Alm screened the film, he became suspicious and began researching each beer mentioned and location visited. In the end, he found that even while it \u201ctries to hoodwink viewers into thinking it’s not,\u201d the entire “documentary” was nothing but a two-hour commercial for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest beer conglomerate in the world.
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Added Alm: \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect example of the need to dig beyond the surface of the media we consume.\u201d
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Read his full review<\/a>, published in Forbes on Feb. 22.

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