Posted on 01/26/2006 1:54:06 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
I realize that. And I agree with you on the general subject. Propaganda comes in many forms. Of course. And movies and TV are rife with propaganda. But I guess it gets down to how you define the word. To me there's a difference between "bias" and "propaganda". Bias is a political outlook, a political point of view, and in that sense, W&G definitely has a bias. Propaganda, on the other hand, has a specific political goal. A story can be biased, and still be a good story. But once you start writing propaganda, the story goes out the window. In W&G, in my opinion, the story is not out the window. It's biased, but not propaganda.
Pretty much.
CBS had a TV show about the supreme court, where James Garner (of all people) was supposed to be a conservative.
He admitted that the show kept drifting further and further left, and his "conservative" character, in only a few episodes had become pretty much a full scale liberal.
He wasn't surprised when the show got cancelled, as it had stopped being everything it had intended to be.
Good example of propaganda taking over the story.
Guenevere, last night I saw my first full episode of this show. In the past I only watched snippets.
I realized last night that the two characters I liked in this show are the two women, Grace, and the ditsy rich chick.
As for the gay stuff: there was a scene in last night's episode in which one of the gay guys (not Will) approaches a teenage boy in a bowling alley, mistakenly thinking the boy has contacted him for help in "coming out". When the gay guy asked the teenage boy "are you gay", I positively cringed.
I take back my defense of this show. At the very least, this should be moved to cable and off the networks. This show is pushing a gay agenda.
You are right. I was wrong.
These shows are only good when the President is the situation room trying to decide how many bombs to send against the enemy.
In other words, the shows are only good when the President is acting like a Republican or more accurately like a Real President.
The Liberal-angst-President part of the shows are boring and unwatchable.
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