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Where Does the Line Between Fact and Fiction Fall for Documentaries?

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Nonfiction works like Mike Daisey’s disgraced Apple exposé and Davis Guggenheim’s new Obama video blur the line between journalism and promotion, says Jacob Bernstein.

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Jacob Bernstein
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Jacob Bernstein

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