The election-eve timing is curious, and she's doing the expected pre-release publicity blitz.
The remaining question: Will it be a hit job or will it have some level of fairness in it?
Posted on 10/27/2002 11:46:11 AM PST by Southack
HI. Just thought you might like to know that Journeys with George is airing on HBO on these days and times:
November 5th at 9:30pm November 7th at 11:30pm November 9th at 2:30pm November 13th at 7pm November 17th at 9am November 21st at 1pm
Also, watch for me on TV! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31: CHARLIE ROSE SHOW, PBS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1: LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2: WEEKEND TODAY, NBC. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4: 7-8 PM CNBC, NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS 10-10PM CNN, NEWS NIGHT WITH AARON BROWN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12: DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
Hope you enjoy, Alexandra
The election-eve timing is curious, and she's doing the expected pre-release publicity blitz.
The remaining question: Will it be a hit job or will it have some level of fairness in it?
If it showed President Bush in a very good light, would you expect the Democrats to air it before or after the election?
Perhaps. That's giving HBO quite a bit of credit, however...
TV Guide has an article on it that makes it sound worth a watching. This is written by the person who filmed it, Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of the infamous congresscritter. Other than the last paragraph about how scared she is with Bush as president (I'd be willing to bet she doesn't know a single active-duty military person), I think the piece makes it sound like a good show.
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From TV Guide, Nov. 2-8.
Covering a campaign can be excruciatingly boring. You're stuck with the same people every day, listening to the same stump speech over and over. At the beginning of the campaign, Bush was very distant; he didn't think he needed the media. Meanwhile, I was doing interviews with my seatmates and no one ever said, "Why are you shooting this footage?" But something happened on the way to the coronation: Bush lost the New Hampshire primary. That's when he must have realized, "I'd better make friends with the press."
One day, Bush started making fun of me: "Your nail polish matches your glasses." Then he asked, "What are you doing with all this footage you're shooting?" "I'm making a movie," I said. From that point on, he engaged my camera, performed for it. He decided, I think, that he would rather be the star of the movie than the butt of the joke. Some of the journalists didn't like that I had my camera in Bush's face and he didn't stop me. The other network producers even tried to shut me down. But the campaign let me keep shooting. You'd have to ask them why, but I think Bush trusted me.
We all underestimated Bush. He made everyone think he's a moron, but he's a lot smarter than people gave him credit for. My movie either confirms your worst fears about Bush or it makes you think he's a nice guy. I showed it at the San Francisco INternational Film Festival, and people booed because they thought it was too nice to Bush. The next week I went to another festival and people said, "How could you release this? You're making our president look like a boob." The White House says it's a must-see because, to them, it confirms that he's really charming (White House senior adviser] Karl Rove thinks this movie will get him reelected.
I'm a Democrat. Am I happy Bush is my president? Well, no - I'm scared. But that's not what this movie is about. I'm trying to deconstruct a political campaign and show that it's all staged, made-for-TV events. I want people to see how campaigns and the media work; here are some things you didn't see on the nightly news. Now let's try to look at campaigns differently next time, please.
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