Posted on 10/02/2005 9:51:47 AM PDT by OESY
Apparently, it means you'll have to think:
Clooney, who has just directed Good Night and Good Luck, which is about CBS television news in the 1950s, said he grew up with three network broadcasts, all professional operations that allowed him to judge what was going on in politics and in Vietnam.
Now, with the onset of cable television and "130 different channels", the quality of news was "fractured", with each network, like Fox, playing to audiences with "specific belief patterns". Viewers had to switch channels continually to discover what was going on in the world.
You mean like when the CBS and other networks reported the Tet Offensive as a massive strategic failure, when it was, in fact, the biggest victory since the start of the war? You mean the fair-minded reporters who covered Vietnam like this:
During an NVA attack of a nearby village, several South Vietnam civilians suffered burns whe the enemy torched their homes. The injured civilians were brought to our dispensary for medical treatment. Two reporters appeared at the main gate to do a story on how the Americans "accidentally napalmed" the village. The village had not been napalmed. There had been no air strike. But the reporters had decided inadvance what the story was. The wrote that the village had been napalmed. [Useful Idiots, p. 34]
Yeah. It was so great when people listening to those stories weren't confronted with any other contradictory voices, presenting inconveniently omitted facts.
So, um, back to Clooney. Do you see any connection between his complaint...
He added that Hollywood was suffering "one of the worst summers on record" for box office takings after a flurry of big-budget flops.
... and Hollywood's recent fixation with churning out an endless stream of preachy politically-loaded material like this:
Clooney's film chronicles the 1950s conflict between the broadcaster Edward R Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy, the chairman of the House un-American Activities Committee, whose witch-hunt for communist sympathisers split the nation...
No? Me neither.
George Clooney: Riding the Kevin Costner train of self-importance straight into box-office oblivion.
I agree with the author, but also will predict the MSM reviewers, critics, and pundits will laud this movie to the rafters, while pointing out the relevance to current events and how the 'watchdog press' is persecuted for doing its job.
These comments from Looney Clooney were posted some time back to FR.
Subscribe to Pravda. Who dares challenge the party line?
He added that Hollywood was suffering "one of the worst summers on record" for box office takings after a flurry of big-budget flops.
It should be interesting what King Kong does in December.
That is going to be one big hit.
My Go-To source for all matters political and geopolitical - George Clooney. I also listen to Bill Maher for cultural direction and Jerry Springer for race issues. I also drool alot and wear Depends.
He wasn't the Chairman...obviously.
Mostly because the "NEW" Movies were remakes and were CRAP! I agree that King Kong does look quite good.
Kong looks HELLA good !!!
Clooney desperate needs to lay off the Cass Sunstein and Robert McChesney tracts.
My Go-To source for all matters political and geopolitical - George Clooney. I also listen to Bill Maher for cultural direction and Jerry Springer for race issues. I also drool alot and wear Depends.
LOL!!!!
I am one of the millions who misses the real movie palace experience vs. the little communist debriefing bunkers down at the end of the mall.
. . also my "home Theater" is real nice & I enjoy all the extra features when the DVD comes out a few seconds later & is available for a tad more than the ticket price at my supermarket.
Are you being sarcastic? Even though it's by Peter Jackson, I can't think of any reason at all to see it.
If I had to bet on it, I'd say its box office is going to be so-so.
For those of you who don't know, "Good Night and Good Luck" was famous newscaster Edward R. Murrow's signature signoff phrase.
If you missed the other 9000 movies commorating and regurigating this shining moment of liberal history, you might want to check this movie out.
LOL. So true.
The worst thing an actor can do is begin to think "meaningful."
I have given it some thought and have decided I would have to be paid $1000 to watch this "film."
You should see the bulletin board at IMDB about this movie!! The left thinks the box office of this will show everyone that we're really a left-wing country!! I reminded them that Clooney's own father couldn't win an election in his home state even with the help of limitless Hollywood money. It's a hoot. This movie will bomb, but of course it will be critically acclaimed, with Roger Ebert having an orgasm on camera. I can't stand George Clooney, the site of him makes my skin crawl. Now, if George wants to have a box office extraganza, he should make a movie of him debating Ann Coulter about the McCarthy Era. THAT I would pay to see!!!
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