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
airwaves. There is a difference.
This is a vital point: ABC was _given_ the public airwaves --
a multi-billion dollar gift. People had to decide to drive to the
theater and pay ten bucks to see the Moore film if they chose to.
ABC will air "Path to 9/11" for free for two consecutive nights to
an audience that has a hard time discriminating between reality
and fiction when the fiction is presented as reality.
I think I see a way forward:
ABC can run a crawler under the entire miniseries (giving it
that "breaking news" feel) stating "THIS PART HAPPENED ...
THIS PART IS FICTIONAL ... THIS PART IS PROPAGANDA".
And they can have animated pop-ups in the corners: "To learn
more about how the Democrats are responsible for the other
ills of society, visit www.blameroosevelt.com".
Dave
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