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Self Proclaimed Yellow Dog Democrat Ken Burns Denies Political Bias in His Documentaries
NewsBusters ^ | September 13, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 09/13/2014 12:43:05 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Tomorrow evening begins the first of Ken Burns' 14 hour documentary on PBS, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. The good news about this documentary is that we can be sure it will be free of any political advocacy since Burns has no bias and.....

Huh? Am I kidding? Of course I am. The fact is despite Burns' laughable denials, he is a bitterly partisan Democrat to the extent that he gave a speech  in 1998 in which he declared himself to be a "Yellow Dog Democrat." The speech was also chock full of scathing attacks upon Republicans which makes his later denial that he is only a Democrat because he inherited that political party from his family even more hilarious. And now a documentary in his own words about his politics, Ken Burns: Why I Am a Yellow Dog Democrat:

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To: Mike Darancette

...and Shelby Foote, I just fell in love with that cutie.


61 posted on 09/13/2014 6:03:07 PM PDT by mware
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To: Hugin
Your quote is a description of an armed confrontation of an invading force....not an act of war by the Charlestonians.

The United States Supreme Court decided that the official beginning of the war began in Lincoln's office when he declared a blockade of Southern ports.

Secession occurred because of the failure of the Constitution to protect the states.

Lincoln invaded to retake Southern raw materials used in overseas trade.

Later, he and the press invoked the slavery rationalization due to the carnage problem.

62 posted on 09/13/2014 6:07:50 PM PDT by PeaRidge
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To: Mike Darancette

Go on.


63 posted on 09/13/2014 6:09:10 PM PDT by PeaRidge
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To: PeaRidge

Ft. Sumter was already under siege. A siege is an act of war. An attempt to resupply it, with orders to fire if interfered with is not an “invasion”. The confederates wanted a war, and they got one. You can string individual facts into a scenario where the south was an aggrieved victim, the Union was the aggressor, and slavery had nothing to do with the war, but it’s bogus.

I hereby will take my advice from my first post on the thread and save any further breath on the subject.


64 posted on 09/13/2014 6:31:58 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: LS

I got all goose-pimply.


65 posted on 09/13/2014 8:35:32 PM PDT by Gumption
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To: Mike Darancette

Rubbish. Your statement is contradictory. Either you are well read on the subject or you let a liberal teach you history by video. Why a conservative would endorse the liberal worldview is beyond me.


66 posted on 09/13/2014 9:07:37 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: PJ-Comix

I’m not supposed to hate anyone, but I hate Dems/Libs!


67 posted on 09/13/2014 9:09:29 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: Hugin

It seems that your education is at risk by further discussion.

You should be more careful of your urges to post.


68 posted on 09/14/2014 5:16:11 AM PDT by PeaRidge
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To: HonkyTonkMan

I figure I have the intellect to differentiate between fact and bullshit. Learning of a historic event doesn’t necessarily indicate that you adhere to the politics of the author/presenter. As to being well read on the subject, I am and I owe the miniseries for that interest.


69 posted on 09/14/2014 9:45:38 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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