tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post115781257699027224..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: Al Gore Weighs In: ABC's 9/11 Concoction "Fundamentally Irresponsible," UpdatedS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1158031254079967752006-09-11T22:20:00.000-05:002006-09-11T22:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, it's all a right-wing conspiracy. Because ev...Yeah, it's all a right-wing conspiracy. <BR/><BR/>Because everyone knows that Hollywood is just filled to the brim with right winger ultra conservatives and is in NO WAY liberal (That whole "Reagan" tv movie was all in the minds of right-wingers).<BR/><BR/>And of course, everyone knows that YWAM is such a big secret right wing organization bent on a political agenda. (lol!) Yeah, that's why their ministry is so focused OVERSEAS. 'Cause they want to advance their right-wing Republican agenda in non-democratic countries.<BR/><BR/>And of course, everyone knows we viewers are just really stupid mindless idiots that can't tell that a tv mini-series is fictionalized for dramatic effect.<BR/><BR/>Pah-leeze. Ya'll are tooo funny! :)<BR/><BR/>PS -- I loved the second clip you showed ("are there any men left in Washington..." -- a question I've asked often in my life). To me it underscored the lack of courage the Clinton administration appeared to have -- regardless of whether that cowardice was actual or just perceived because of their desperate desire to not offend or upset any of our other allies in the region.<BR/><BR/>And no, I'm not dumb enough to believe it actually happened. Please. I worked for over 12 years in television in Hollywood, So I get the whole "fictionalized events" for dramatic effect stuff. Heck, I typed many scripts just like that in my day. And frankly, I've seen that the audience is a whole lot smarter and more sophisticated than most in the industry give them credit for. and I think we are much smarter than you give us credit for. <BR/><BR/>I'm just so surprised and impressed with ABC for airing something so expressly NOT ultra liberal (the norm for tv and network execs). It was actually rather balanced -- as the end tags provided the failures of the Bush administration to deliver on their promises to make air flight significantly safer. They were given 12 Fs and only 1 A. And that was the BUSH administration. So they did show some balance.<BR/><BR/>And lest you think that's a cop-out, just remember that the bulk of the story took place before Bush took office, during the Clinton years. So of course Clinton's people are going to be the major focus of what went wrong.<BR/><BR/>Again, I'm impressed that ABC actually dared to show a negative view of their golden child Clinton. Somebody in ABC actually grew some balls to go against the grain of the rest of the town. Ah-mazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1158013487287022812006-09-11T17:24:00.000-05:002006-09-11T17:24:00.000-05:00I generally don't pick on spelling, precisely for ...I generally don't pick on spelling, precisely for the reason you mention. If spelling were the only problem with PT9/11, then I would not have a problem. However, the fact that the writer of PT9/11 has gone to great pains to underscore the gravity of the failure of these officials, it seems a huge oversight to misspell the name of one who matters so much to the point one wants to make. I think it is indicative of a message overcoming the facts, and the misspelling is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. But ABC is also not a penny-ante blogger like me. They are huge corporation employing copy editors who should be able to run circles around you and me. So, it doesn't matter, except that it is just one more brick in the wall.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I correct them whenever they are pointed out to me when I fail to catch them myself.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1158011195274813082006-09-11T16:46:00.000-05:002006-09-11T16:46:00.000-05:00"ABC failed to have a copy editor check spelling o..."ABC failed to have a copy editor check spelling on important..." In this case the important copy was Madeleine Albright's given name.<BR/><BR/>This is really straining for something to complain about considering that given names are some of the most difficult words to check and usually not caught by spell checking programs. <BR/><BR/>Spell check would however catch a word like affiliate. Using your premise, I guess the entirety of your post is a lie?<BR/><BR/>There is enough wrong about PT911 without looking like we are spitting mad and have lost all sense of logic and reason. And to quote my old mentor - Picking fly shit out of pepper makes us look just that desperate.<BR/><BR/>Let's hit 'em with the hard stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com