I think that the word "smear" as Rob used it is also editorial in nature.
I'm too burnt out on political crap to give a rats ass about what's in the movie. I was just stating that it looks like it's being marketed as an editorial documentary and not as a "news program". -Cameron On 5/15/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I am just feeling a bit impatient with some of the hairsplitting that > takes place here and it's obscuring my clarity of vision here. But I don't > think I see your point. > > For instance, there is a voiceover saying that taking political contributions > is a crime in Texas. This is a true statement. We see the president saying > that Tom DeLay was very useful in getting certain legistation passed. I don't > know whether this is a true statement, but I sure do see the president saying > it. > > Does the film (as extrapolated from this teaser) go on to say that it was bad > that a criminal was running congress? That maybe the president owed him a > favor or two? Most likely. > > Do you think that's a "smear"? It actually sounds like a reasonable > conclusion to me. > > Dana > > > > >I'll take that as a "No, I don't think Moore's film was a news clip, > >but I don't wanna make this about him". > > > >> What exactly did this bit of film say that was in any way untruthful? > > > >Nothing. I haven't seen the film. I think that the website for it > >pretty clearly indicates that it's an editorial documentary. I mean I > >think they are marketing it as such, not that I just think it might > >be. I think they are essentially saying that it is editorial > >documentary and that people should watch it for that reason. > > > >-Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206793 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
