And NYT writers suffer such a penchant for "independent fact checking"
wherever accuracy is concerned.  [read with extreme sarcasm]

If "the mainstream press is very much behind Bush," then it is only because
it cannot figure out where, exactly, Kerry stands on anything.  Egad!  But
the mainstream press, save "Fox News," hasn't harbored conservatism, or its
proponents, for decades---if ever.

But let the theatric rubbish play, nevertheless!!  I'm all for it.  Everyone
deserves a voice, after all, right?

Best,
t.


-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Jarrod Whaley
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Fahrenheit 9/11 - in response to Mr. Hyams

It's certainly not premature for the NY TIMES writer who actually saw the
film and then did a little independent fact-checking to speak of the film's
merits.

I'd like to add that seeing this film is one of the VERY FEW ways to SEE
both sides of the issue. The mainstream press is very much behind Bush.

Furthermore, I am increasingly bewildered at the lack of understanding that
the real issue is is one of politically-motivated sponsorship. The film was
not originally scheduled to open here. That can not have been for economic
reasons. If so, I'd like to ask why a smaller market like Johnson City was
scheduled to see the film before we were, especially in light of the fact
that this film will obviously make a LOT of money for any theater that is
unafraid to screen it in the face of death threats like the one that
occurred in Illinois. I think we "owe it to our country," if I may be so
bold as to recycle your very loaded rhetoric, Mr. Hyams, to stand up for
those who have been silenced because they express views that do not serve
the interests of a very controversial administration.

-->jarrod whaley.
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