Opening The Files: 9/09/06
Disney and the ABC's of Propaganda.
Well the big story this week has been the uproar over ABC's forthcoming docu-drama The Path to 9/11. I'll spare you a rehash and simply send you over to Think Progress for all the background on the brouhaha.
Anyway, you remember Osama don't you? You know, tall Arab, scraggly beard, hooked up to a dialysis machine, responsible for one of the worst acts of terrorism in US history? Remember how Bush said he didn't think about him that much? Even closed down the CIA unit looking for him? Well now Bush can't get enough of Osama. Years spent with nary a peep about him, and all of a sudden it's all about Osama. He's apparently the new Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Saddam all rolled into one.
Then comes along a "docu-drama" which blames Clinton for letting him get away. Was The Path part of a larger narrative being pushed by the Bush administration? Wilbur thinks so.
Assimilated Press reports that Disney has decided to take ABC out of the news business. I'd say an acronym change is called for. What say you Kvatch? Or how about my suggestion?
The Editors at The Poor Man Institute have the storyboards for the film.
Georgia10 is sick of fairy tales, which is all the GOP have to run on. So clap louder or the terrorists win.
The Path was one of the topics discussed on Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. While the whole clip is worth a gander, pay close attention to what Rob Thomas has to say. Because in his particularly insightful commentary, he hits upon some of the reasons why we should not let this error-laden version of history be the prism through which we view the political spectrum in this increasingly ADD afflicted country.
And finally, while I don't agree that the Repubs have already conceded, Emptywheel does brings up a good point: was this docu-drama purposely intended to distract the Democrats? As I noted in the comments, they could even craft it into a not so subtle campaign ad.
Well the big story this week has been the uproar over ABC's forthcoming docu-drama The Path to 9/11. I'll spare you a rehash and simply send you over to Think Progress for all the background on the brouhaha.
Anyway, you remember Osama don't you? You know, tall Arab, scraggly beard, hooked up to a dialysis machine, responsible for one of the worst acts of terrorism in US history? Remember how Bush said he didn't think about him that much? Even closed down the CIA unit looking for him? Well now Bush can't get enough of Osama. Years spent with nary a peep about him, and all of a sudden it's all about Osama. He's apparently the new Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Saddam all rolled into one.
Then comes along a "docu-drama" which blames Clinton for letting him get away. Was The Path part of a larger narrative being pushed by the Bush administration? Wilbur thinks so.
Assimilated Press reports that Disney has decided to take ABC out of the news business. I'd say an acronym change is called for. What say you Kvatch? Or how about my suggestion?
The Editors at The Poor Man Institute have the storyboards for the film.
Georgia10 is sick of fairy tales, which is all the GOP have to run on. So clap louder or the terrorists win.
The Path was one of the topics discussed on Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. While the whole clip is worth a gander, pay close attention to what Rob Thomas has to say. Because in his particularly insightful commentary, he hits upon some of the reasons why we should not let this error-laden version of history be the prism through which we view the political spectrum in this increasingly ADD afflicted country.
And finally, while I don't agree that the Repubs have already conceded, Emptywheel does brings up a good point: was this docu-drama purposely intended to distract the Democrats? As I noted in the comments, they could even craft it into a not so subtle campaign ad.
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I think that 'the catapult' is going to manage to take themselves out of the news business.
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