CBS Nov two-part miniseries "Reagan" tells Truth - upsets Drudge

[papau]

http://talk.cabletvinfo.com/talk/showthread.php?t=233

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - After watching CBS's proposed Ronald and Nancy Reagan two-part miniseries, viewers will be able to ask themselves an important question: Are they better off now than they were four hours ago?

CBS plans to base the miniseries on Carl Sferrazza Anthony's book "First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power, 1961-1990," with a concentration on the former actor's years with wife Nancy.

Tentatively titled "The Reagans," the miniseries will start in the 1940s when Reagan was a working contract actor in Hollywood. The biopic will follow his rise from Screen Actors Guild president to California governor to 40th President of the United States.<snip>

Drudge then spins the above by saying folks involved are Democrats and do not use the GOP/US Media approach to Reagan od telling lies about his career - of course that is my interpretation of what Drudge said........ :-)


CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND CBS REAGAN FILM; SCRIPT REVEALED
Mon Oct 20 2003 20:30:29 ET

In the upcoming CBS telefilm on President Ronald Reagan producer fail to mention the economic recovery or the creation of wealth during his administration, nor does it show him delivering the nation from the malaise of the Jimmy Carter years. (MY COMMENT - PERHAPS BECAUSE ECON GROWTH WAS SAME PER YEAR AS CARTER'S - 3.33% versus 3.25% for Carter, and WEALTH WENT TO ALREADY WEALTHY)

The film depicts Nancy Reagan as a pill-popping control addict, who set the president's schedule based on her astrologer's advice and who had significant influence over White House personnel and policy decisions.

"This was very important for me, to document everything and give a very fair point of view," says Leslie Moonves ....The film is set to air during next month's Sweeps. It stresses Reagan's moments of forgetfulness, his supposed opinions on AIDS and gays, his laissez-faire handling of his staff members. The scenes often carry a disapproving tone.During a scene in which his wife pleads with him to help people battling AIDS, Reagan says resolutely, "They that live in sin shall die in sin" and refuses to discuss the issue further.<snip>

The film's producers, Zadan and Meron,...tells the TIMES: "This is not a vendetta, this is not revenge. It is about telling a good story in our honest sort of way. We all believe it's a story that should be told."

[ithacan]

1. right wingers hate the truth!!!

They can't stand it when the truth about themselves and their "heroes" comes out.

Reagan is portrayed as this wonderful extremely popular and successful president.

That's all BS. He was a disaster for this country (unless you were a right wing crazy or wealthy).

The cult of personality that they are building around him is the prime piece of evidence for this. If he were so wonderful they would not have to have a nationwide, organized campaign to name at least one thing in every county in the US after him (He will NOT get anything named after him in MY county!!!)

When he dies, be prepared for cult of personality-like brainwashing in the media.

It's amazing that a film this open about Reagan will actually be aired.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. We always knew there was another side to the story.

It's time it's told.

[Bronco69]

3. Nothing frosts me more...

than to hear the right wingers talk about how great Reagan was and how prospersous the country was during his reign. Unless you could flip hamburgers better than anyone else, forget about getting a job. He screwed the air traffic controllers which should have pissed everybody off, but the sheep just sat there and took it, and the entire Iran Contra scandal was just swept under the rug. Reagan should be living his last years in a prison cell.

[papau]

4. DUPE - orginal discussion at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=565568