Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-20 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather than continuing to trade rhetorical points, perhaps you could start by specifying those things that are broadly-accepted factual inaccuracies - and not just partisan factual inaccuracies ... So that you can just

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-18 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/15/06, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's one, though: NOBODY in the Clinton admin was called by ANYBODY in Afghanistan who was ready to pick up the package or whatever was their code for capturing Bin Laden and refused to give the authorization. The film included such a scene,

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-18 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 18, 2006, at 8:00 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/15/06, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's one, though: NOBODY in the Clinton admin was called by ANYBODY in Afghanistan who was ready to pick up the package or whatever was their code for capturing Bin Laden and refused to give the

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-15 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, if ABC had decided to air Farenheit 9/11 this weekend instead would you all agree or disagree that such an action would be a bald-faced attempt to slander Republicans and revise history right before Americans vote in a

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-15 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/15/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think that it would be good for the TV networks to take on controversial atttudes. Airing a factually inaccurate historical docu-drama? That is as much like taking on controversial issues as going on a holiday cruise is like

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-15 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/15/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think that it would be good for the TV networks to take on controversial atttudes. Airing a factually inaccurate historical docu-drama? That is as much like

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-15 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 15, 2006, at 11:15 AM, jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/15/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think that it would be good for the TV networks to take on controversial atttudes. Airing a factually inaccurate

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-14 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jdiebremse wrote: ... The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a promotional blitz in the last week for a new docudrama called The Path to 9/11. ABC has thrown its corporate might behind

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-14 Thread Alberto Monteiro
JDG wrote: Additionally, would you agree or disagree the federal regulators should engage in political censorship of content on American airwaves, either all the time, or near the time of an election? And you only have _two_ parties. Here in Brazil, because of the next election, humour

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-14 Thread dcaa
2006 17:57:15 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jdiebremse wrote: ... The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a promotional blitz

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/14/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, if ABC had decided to air Farenheit 9/11 this weekend instead would you all agree or disagree that such an action would be a bald-faced attempt to slander Republicans and revise history right before Americans vote in a major election? I

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:40 PM Thursday 9/14/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: [...] There are many things that I believe are wrong that the government does not neet to try to fix. And some believe that there are so many things wrong _with_ the government that there's no way to fix them all . . . :P -- Ronn! :)

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-09 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:55 PM Friday 9/8/2006, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 8, 2006, at 6:45 AM, jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- And of course, I'd be curious how many letters you wrote to movie

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-09 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 9, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:55 PM Friday 9/8/2006, Dave Land wrote: If there was a political point to be made by teaching kids that 2+2=3, it would be no different to me: lies are lies, and teaching kids lies as history is the beginning of the end. IOW, if I

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-09 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 8, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/8/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And of course, I'd be curious how many letters you wrote to movie theatres to get them to keep Farenheit 911* off the screens Moore's movie played in private theaters. ABC is using the public

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-08 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a promotional blitz in the last week for a new docudrama called The Path to 9/11. ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production,

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-08 Thread David Hobby
jdiebremse wrote: ... The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a promotional blitz in the last week for a new docudrama called The Path to 9/11. ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production, and bills it as a public service: a TV event,

Re: Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/8/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And of course, I'd be curious how many letters you wrote to movie theatres to get them to keep Farenheit 911* off the screens Fahrenheit 911 was slanted, hugely slanted. It raised questions that could be interpreted as innuendo. It

Keep Propaganda Off The Airwaves

2006-09-07 Thread Nick Arnett
Hi, The ABC television network -- a cog in the Walt Disney empire -- unleashed a promotional blitz in the last week for a new docudrama called The Path to 9/11. ABC has thrown its corporate might behind the two-night production, and bills it as a public service: a TV event, to quote the ABC