there is no relief from the bullshit
There is a news report today regarding a 'docu-drama' that ABC will air this weekend about the 9/11 tragedy. The gist of the reports is that the production takes way too many liberties with certain facts, circumstances and even events to create an impression that the Bill Clinton administration failed to heed the 'writing on the wall', and it is said that the production leaves a viewer with the impression that any blame for the tragedy should fall on administrations the preceeded the GW Bush administration, (yeah, you know who I mean, and they bring first bimbo Monica into the scenario too).
It is noted that ABC has distributed advance copies of the production to various Republican leaning pundits, Rush Limbaugh among them, but declined to allow the former President or any Democratic leaning journalists to see the program.
Is this an effort to shape public opinion, to shift some (or all) of the blame away from the party in power prior to a pivotal election? As much as I loathe falling into the conspiracy trap, I have to say that I believe so. Too many things in our world are distorted in very subtle ways, and what worries me is that these distortions almost inevitably confer advantage to the party in power. The truth is what they say it is.
Read and watch these reports and videos for yourself; if you watch the drama try to note any inconsistencies between the TV program and what you know or believe.
update: add this NY Times article, and this from the Chicago Tribune, (they think it's a stinker).
Vote.
and stay focused.
update: see this story regarding ABC's reaction to the protest of this production. By some accounts, ABC is editing the series, by others, it may be pulled altogether.
what useful information can be gleaned from this kind of thing? to be sure, we can see that TV and other forms of mass-market media are used as the tools of one side or another in any given debate, but what does this all say about the culture that we live in? is the U.S. simply a Potempkin village, an illusion maintained to keep the natives docile? do we, as individuals, as voters, know what reality is? do our leaders?
It is noted that ABC has distributed advance copies of the production to various Republican leaning pundits, Rush Limbaugh among them, but declined to allow the former President or any Democratic leaning journalists to see the program.
Is this an effort to shape public opinion, to shift some (or all) of the blame away from the party in power prior to a pivotal election? As much as I loathe falling into the conspiracy trap, I have to say that I believe so. Too many things in our world are distorted in very subtle ways, and what worries me is that these distortions almost inevitably confer advantage to the party in power. The truth is what they say it is.
Read and watch these reports and videos for yourself; if you watch the drama try to note any inconsistencies between the TV program and what you know or believe.
update: add this NY Times article, and this from the Chicago Tribune, (they think it's a stinker).
Vote.
and stay focused.
update: see this story regarding ABC's reaction to the protest of this production. By some accounts, ABC is editing the series, by others, it may be pulled altogether.
what useful information can be gleaned from this kind of thing? to be sure, we can see that TV and other forms of mass-market media are used as the tools of one side or another in any given debate, but what does this all say about the culture that we live in? is the U.S. simply a Potempkin village, an illusion maintained to keep the natives docile? do we, as individuals, as voters, know what reality is? do our leaders?
posted by eccentric recluse at 10:10 AM
5 Comments:
Why is it that everyone continues too make a big deal over this documentary? It happened 5 years ago. I can understand someone grieving for a few years but if people can't let go by now they need serious help.
It sounds insensitive but it's the truth. There will always be conspiracy theories. Anyone remember Vincent Foster?
Holla At Ya Boy!
CWTR™
Yes, there will be conspiracy theories, but the issue with this documentary is that it appears to attempt to insert bits of dramatic fallacy posing as facts into the record, as well as shifting the spotlight from one political entity to another. The production claims to be based on the record of the 9/11 Commission, but it presents "information" that is contradictory to the historic record. I see this as a means of softening the rage that many feel against the government, by recasting the truth in a way that makes current events a bit more understandable, (possibly justifiable), and less likely to produce a backlash at the polls.
Some would just call it propaganda. I think they Amercian public is already sold on the Dems taking over. Bush fucked that up all by himself.
I'm wondering if the 2nd half of the 2nd term is gonna be any different or just the same old bullshit.
I believe that that changes that are being made to the structure of our government and culture are too subtle to see right away. The Patriot Act is a lot like that---one might not see the path of the changes until we have a longer baseline to view it from. I am pretty sure that when we do see the change, and guage it, we won't be happy. But, it will be too late.
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