You can't help but take a little pleasure in watching jerk lawyers -- and an arrogant mega-corporation, with money and laws and seemingly the judge too on its side -- lose in every way imaginable.
McLibel made me want to boycott McDonald's, turn vegetarian and even punch a clown or two on principle. But most of all, it restored my faith that the power to shape public discourse really rests with the people and not the PR agents.
A crappily put together documentary about a rather interesting subject. McDonald's sues some activists in a British court for libel. They bring in top lawyers and others to lay out their case. The two activists defend themselves in the longest case in British history costing McDonald's millions of dollars.
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