Posted on 09/11/2006 6:42:04 AM PDT by Perdogg
NEW YORK (AP) -- Capping an extraordinary conservative furor over a movie virtually no one has seen, CBS said Tuesday it will not air "The Reagans" and shunt it off to the Showtime cable network instead.
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"But the Reagan special was a fictional hatchet job written to order and stopped only by people who loved Reagan."
Yep and not to mention he WAS ON HIS DEATH BED at the time of the scheduled airing!
A little something they fail to include with their protests.
There's a big difference between consumer pressure and threats from a political party.
Remember, it was mostly ordinary citizens complaining about the Reagans, not members of the Reagan Administration, unlike the Path to 9/11, which was mostly complained about by former Clinton Administration officials.
When asked about the Bush Assassination movie, the white house only said that they wouldn't dignify it with a response. Interesting contrast between the responses to the two movies isn't it?
The two don't compare.
TheReagans was written by two homsexuals who admitted they were making up scenes in order to change the perception of reagan.
Additionally, this was private individuals doing a private protest. There were not senators jumping in to threaten special hearings or subpoena power.
If the two situations are similar, could you please tell me which five Republican Senators sent a threatening letter to CBS insinuating the termination of their broadcast license.
keep in mind also the suit DID try and edit out the fake scenes and could not do so and still have a viewable film.
"I don't think the stories compare."
You are correct, but ultimately, the results were the same and somewhat hypocritical now. This won't likely make me all too popular here, but what's good for one is good for the other. Any sort of censorship is bad for all of us.
I think the opposition to the Regan bit was correct in asserting it's displeasure. But shame on the network for caving in to that pressure. Same goes with the recent decision to edit the 9/11 piece. I think the reaction by both networks in both instances should be labeled as shameless. Depends on what they consider their mission; can one call it a bad business decision? You either have to stand up for all that's fair and correct, or cave in to public sentiment for the sake of keeping your viewer base.
The liberals took it a step further this time, however. Threatening their broadcast license should constitute a flagrant abuse of their positions, and they should be prosecuted for such. They are political figures currently in office and they threatened to abuse said position for political reasons. Surely this has to be somehow illegal?
Welcome to China... we will watch what they say when they say it.
And Tom Daschle has the stink of LOSER on him.
I don't know why Clinton and his flunkies care about this film anyway. The millions of morons out there who still worship him will continue to do so. He kept our nation peaceful and prosperous, they say! Even if there were video of him handing cash to bin laden, his approval rating would remain sky high.
"Another precedent came in 1979, when CBS pulled a comedy series about a black congressman after complaints by some actual black politicians who had seen a screening, said TV historian Tim Brooks"
When did they do a Donald Regan biography?
see comment #8.
So every JFK whacko conspiracy show that has ever been broadcast on discovery should fall into this category and removed from airing?
Don't get me wrong, I mean no disrespect for your opinion. Functionally, I agree with most everyone here when it comes to the content of both. I'd like to be the one to smack the face of anyone who would slander Reagan, he's one of my best heroes... but people should be allowed to judge for themselves.
Sure, you have the Michael Moore followers and the damage his work does to the truth is usually not repairable. But this isn't completely the fault of persons like Michael Moore, it's the people who believe it.
Remember, you simply cannot fix stupid. These crackpots and their followers are something we will always have to live with, but the minute we start trying to squelch them is the moment we begin losing our own freedoms. I'm not willing to give up mine in the name of hushing the other side, as blatant as their lies may be.
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