Quote: wannabuyamonkey said:... Does it bother you that people can;t watch a movie on ABC without it first being screened by Democratic opperitives who then decide what' sok for us to see?
WBAM started a thread called "Take that CBS" concerning the Reagens that was pulled a couple of years ago.
Quote: wannabuyamonkey said: CBS has cancelled the upcoming TV movie "The Reagans" in which the took inflamitory liberties with the true history of one of this nations great leaders. Fortunately people got wind of what they were doing and made enough noise to get them to back off.
Rather interesting how folks posted on that thread
I'm not going to ask if you underdstand the difference between public pressure and political pressure, I'm just going to explain it to you. The Reagan movie was pulled because it was not only offensive but poorly timed in regards to the death of Reagan so the PUBLIC complained and raised hell and CBS pulled it because it wasn;t going to be proffitible for them at the time.
Fastforward to today where a movie takes what has been reported by those who have seen it to be harsh towards the Bush administration as well as the Clinton administration. The general public sentiment has been that people are interested in seeing it. However political opperitives have acctually treatened the broadcaster to revoke thier license if they run the mini-series and at the very least edit it to make the Democrat administration better.
George Soros may not have given you permission to agknoledge the difference, but I can tell you there is a FUNDIMENTAL difference between the PUBLIC telling broadcasters what they WANT to see and POLLITITIONS telling the public what they are ALOUD to see. I'm sure there are some interesting things said in that thread and I'll comment on any similatrities or contradictions I see in it.
Like with the Reagens, there is public pressure on ABC to correct reported errors in the movie. I find the fake stuff to be offensive. I'm sure you would too if it was about Bush. I've yet to hear of any fictionalized scenes that make Bush look bad. Are there any?
Unlike with the Reagens, this is being touted as a docudrama & was going to be part of a Scholastic program. The Reagens was a dramitization & wasn't being peddled as an ecucational experience for kids. I think it's fair to say that 9/11 like the Reagens is something the general public wants to see portrayed accurately.
As I've said I don't agree with Harry Reid & company making veiled threats. As my post fell I can understand where you would get a different impression though.
