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Date: 2004-07-02 12:09:34

Comment:

This is yet another example of how people will respond to criticism by saying what it is supposed to be, rather than dealing with what it is. Let me be frank, there is no supposed to be, there is only what is. Realistically, my job is to respond to the film, not necessarily "review" it. Furthermore, the piece is intended to expose the lack of care and attention to sound logic and fair reporting exhibited by our national press more than it is an indictement of the Bush Administration. I take it as common knowledge that the current Executive Branch is morally-bankrupt and almost completely inept in matters of policy, foreign and domestic. What has not been addressed adequately, in my opinion, is the national media's inability to string two coherent thoughts together. We have three 24 hour news networks and are less informed as a nation than ever before. Most of these hacks, even those writing for pretigious publications, would be tossed out of a freshman Philosophy, Political Science and/or Communication class for their abundant straw men, ad hocs, and red herrings. My piece was intended to survey and respond to the critical and cultural wave the film has produced; not, unfortunately, what the reader expected but a worthy task nonetheless. Thanks for reading.