Liberals like me are supposed to be really worked up about this so-called docudrama about Sept. 11. Liberals are angry that the film blames President Clinton and lets President Bush off the hook. Liberals are supposed to be incensed over the mutilation of fact and truth. And I get all that. I agree that what has been reported about the film makes it appear that it will be a Bush propaganda piece.
But I just can’t get that worked up about it, especially given the way we libs rushed in to defend the terrible Reagan docudrama that canned by CBS back in 2003. The film was supposed to be pretty unflattering toward Reagan and caused the conservative media to freak out. Liberals were aghast at the response.
So here we are three years later and liberals (including some blogs like Talking Points Memo that I truly respect and others that I read on a regular basis) are braying over another docudrama — only this time it is one that offends our sensibilities.
I don’t disagree with the criticisms. But I wonder whether engaging in this kind of fight after defending the Reagan film leaves liberals open to the charge of hypocrisy. I think we have to stop agitating for it to be pulled, but also speak up loudly and clearly about its inaccuracies while demanding equal time from the network.
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The Blog of South Brunswick
I think the difference here is between one film than was \”pretty unflatering\” and one that has outright \”inaccuracies.\”Add to that the fact that what\’s being implied here is that Clinton\’s inactions directly led to 9-11. I didn\’t see the Reagan movie, but I don\’t recall anything quite that unflattering ever being said about Reagan.I don\’t doubt that many liberal bloggers would be complaining about anything bad being said about Clinton, but for the filmmakers to resort to lies is worthy of their protests.