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CBS yields on Reagan movie - Streisand screeches
Washington Times ^ | 11/05/03 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 11/04/2003 10:40:24 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

CBS will not broadcast a miniseries about the legacy of former President Ronald Reagan, conceding yesterday that the production "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans."

But the project is still alive and kicking. In a deft scheduling maneuver, CBS will now air the "The Reagans" on cable channel Showtime, owned by Viacom, the parent company to both networks.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; hollywoodleft; thereagans
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Shut up Barrrabraa, and go powder you nose.

(That should keep her busy for a long while.)

1 posted on 11/04/2003 10:40:24 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
(That should keep her busy for a long while.)

Ouch! ;-)

2 posted on 11/04/2003 10:44:44 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: kattracks
HEHEHE Ole Babs wouldn't know "truth" if it bit her on the nose.
3 posted on 11/04/2003 10:48:07 PM PST by ETERNAL WARMING
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To: kattracks
Oh dear... BS trying to stick her nose into everything.
4 posted on 11/04/2003 10:51:33 PM PST by Humidston (Two Words: TERM LIMITS)
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To: kattracks
Hey Babs! It was FICTION hon, not true, therefore not the true side of his personality and presidency. That is what FICTION is, UNTRUTH! (and you do know what Is, is.)
5 posted on 11/04/2003 10:52:41 PM PST by ladyinred (Talk about a revolution, look at California!!! We dumped Davis!!!)
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To: kattracks
"This is what the Right Wing does when they are faced with a truth that is not 100 percent positive for their side — they spread vicious lies and attacks and scream and yell until they get their way," Miss Streisand wrote.

Classic transference.

Her husband, James Brolin, plays Mr. Reagan in the series.

Miss? Glass houses and all that.

6 posted on 11/04/2003 11:00:26 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber!)
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To: kattracks
Maybe we conservatives should make a movie of Bill and Hillary. We could have a contest for the name of the movie. Some suggestions could be: Raw Feel (Raw Deal) or I'm Gonna Suck You Sucker (I'm Gonna Get You Sucker) or Natural Born Idiots (Natural Born Killers). You get the picture.
7 posted on 11/04/2003 11:00:54 PM PST by KingofQue
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To: kattracks
ROTFL! ;-D
8 posted on 11/04/2003 11:01:56 PM PST by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; Black Agnes; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; DKNY; ...
ping!

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9 posted on 11/04/2003 11:02:59 PM PST by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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To: kattracks
"This is what the Right Wing does when they are faced with a truth that is not 100 percent positive for their side — they spread vicious lies and attacks and scream and yell until they get their way," Miss Streisand wrote.

Even when she's not singing or acting, Ms. Streisand continues projecting.

10 posted on 11/04/2003 11:03:00 PM PST by Tall_Texan ("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
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To: kattracks
Time for babs to hit the refrigerator yet again.
11 posted on 11/04/2003 11:03:31 PM PST by E=MC<sup>2</sup>
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To: doug from upland; Mia T
ping!
12 posted on 11/04/2003 11:03:32 PM PST by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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To: kattracks
We should continue to do everything possible to keep the heat on Viacom and Showtime...contact your cable operator and demand that they tell Showtime they will not be a part of running this disgusting programming, write letters to the editor of your local newspaper asking others to contact the local cable system, and call the local advertisers you see on your cable system and tell them you hope they will call and make sure they are not associated with this conspiracy to destroy the good name of a great President. It is still an outrage and it must be stopped.
13 posted on 11/04/2003 11:05:44 PM PST by dunblak
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To: kattracks
are they going to agree to put a disclaimer in fron saying that "the reagans" is a FICTIONAL representation of the real reagans?

Has hallmark weighed in yet or are they still hiding behind the "we are just distributors" manure.
14 posted on 11/04/2003 11:06:17 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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"The Republicans, who deify President Reagan, cannot stand the fact that some of the more unpleasant truths about his character and presidency might be depicted in the movie," wrote singer and Democratic activist Barbra Streisand in a public statement on her Web site yesterday.

Why is Babbles so involved in this turn of events? According to her own accounts, she's not even remotely involved in the smear job. ...but her objections seem to indicate her investment is far greater than she is willing to admit.

15 posted on 11/04/2003 11:06:22 PM PST by Prime Choice (I want to be immortal. Then I'll never have to vote Democrat.)
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To: kattracks
"SUN RISES IN EAST--STREISAND SCREECHES. WOMEN, MINORITIES HARDEST HIT"
16 posted on 11/04/2003 11:06:39 PM PST by TheBigB (Check out my new pic at the FReeper Photo Album home page!)
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To: KingofQue
Yeah, but even with Clinton, I wouldn't want someone making up lies about them or puting words in their mouth. Clinton was an a$$ but is a far better man than Al Sharpton or even Howard Dean.... so a movie portraying Clinton as an out right communist like Dean or a racist poverty pimping slut like Al wouldn't be fare either.
17 posted on 11/04/2003 11:07:11 PM PST by Porterville (American First, Human being Second; liberal your derivative lifestyle will never be normalized.)
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To: kattracks
Why is THIS the "second coming" of New Media? Just because Drudge posted about it?

New Media's involvement in the 2002 elections - particularly spreading the outrage about the Wellstone memori-rally is far more important than stomping on some silly TV movie.
18 posted on 11/04/2003 11:07:32 PM PST by Timesink
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Shut up Barrrabraa, and go powder you nose. (That should keep her busy for a long while.)

HAHAHAHAHAHHA!!

19 posted on 11/04/2003 11:21:47 PM PST by Tabi Katz
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To: kattracks
If you read "her" letter it appears as though someone else wrote it (referring to herself in the third person, proper use of grammar and correct spelling). Paying someone else to deliver one's political views is reaching a new depth of character deficiency.

I'd post the letter here but don't want her suing me like the guy who was taking coastal photos from an airplane.

9 million dollars for a made-for-TV movie? Anyone other than Lumpy Reifenstahl could make two good independent films for that much. CBS has been cought wasting money and hope to recoup from the sleaze channel and curious people renting it on video.
20 posted on 11/04/2003 11:23:01 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus (Ethical Retardation: Democrats willing to make as many wrongs needed to make a right.)
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