Foot-in-mouth disease strikes again
Perennial moderate turned lefty dove, Howard Dean, is the latest victim of public foot-in-mouth disease. At least this time there are no ramifications involving an ESPN job. Dean's verbal flub involved an urging for Democrats to court Confederate flag-waving southerners, which offended both African-Americans and Southerners. Dean has since apologized for his remarks, realizing shooting from the hip in a Presidential campaign can only carry him so far, and that an appeal to those waving the Confederate flag may turn some of his more liberal supporters toward other candidates. In other words, Dean is GASP! a politician!
The state has decided that only certain propaganda may air
It appears as though CBS has caved in to pressure from the GOP in deciding not to air a four-hour miniseries about the "Reagans." It will, however, air on cable sometime next year. While a miniseries about a former president who is still alive is likely to be riddled with inaccuracies and hyperbole (probably designed to make Reagan both better and worse than he was), there is something mildly disturbing about political pressure to cancel a miniseries. Next thing you know, the Republicans will be seeking to make sure that all political messages coming from the networks are to pass the litmus test of appealing to conservative values. Soon, we will have documentaries of both Bush and Reagan featuring them actually leading troops a la Henry V. Who knows maybe Henry had good PR people to protect his image as well?
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Perennial moderate turned lefty dove, Howard Dean, is the latest victim of public foot-in-mouth disease. At least this time there are no ramifications involving an ESPN job. Dean's verbal flub involved an urging for Democrats to court Confederate flag-waving southerners, which offended both African-Americans and Southerners. Dean has since apologized for his remarks, realizing shooting from the hip in a Presidential campaign can only carry him so far, and that an appeal to those waving the Confederate flag may turn some of his more liberal supporters toward other candidates. In other words, Dean is GASP! a politician!
The state has decided that only certain propaganda may air
It appears as though CBS has caved in to pressure from the GOP in deciding not to air a four-hour miniseries about the "Reagans." It will, however, air on cable sometime next year. While a miniseries about a former president who is still alive is likely to be riddled with inaccuracies and hyperbole (probably designed to make Reagan both better and worse than he was), there is something mildly disturbing about political pressure to cancel a miniseries. Next thing you know, the Republicans will be seeking to make sure that all political messages coming from the networks are to pass the litmus test of appealing to conservative values. Soon, we will have documentaries of both Bush and Reagan featuring them actually leading troops a la Henry V. Who knows maybe Henry had good PR people to protect his image as well?
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