A graphic demonstration in partisanship-baiting this week

[Pangloss]

Given our recent discussions about political partisanship and polarization, I thought this might be an interesting thing to discuss. Americans will be getting a rather blatant, in-our-faces demonstration this week in how the media fuels and instigates political polarization in this country.

 

CBS ran a 2-hour documentary tonight which it advertised as having "the only footage shot within the World Trade Center on 9/11". NBC is running a special "Dateline" Monday night about the families of United 93 victims. The president himself will be cashing in on the anniversary, with a 20-minute prime time speech tonight at 9pm Eastern.

 

But the grand prize would have to go to ABC. As discussed in this thread, ABC started a controversial mini-series tonight which is alleged to contain accusations aimed at the previous (Democrat) administration. This is the same network that employs, as an "analyst", Richard Clarke, a man who cannot open his mouth without blaming something on the Bush administration (yet doesn't usually stop to mention the fact that he was the National Security Council's expert on counter-terrorism on September 11th, 2001).

 

Meanwhile ABC will be cashing in on 9/11 all week, with special episodes of Primetime, 20/20, and Nightline, premiere stories on Good Morning America produced in glorious widescreen HDTV. ABC went to great lengths to inform us that it had generously decided to present "The Path to 9/11" commercial-free, but in addition to all these shows (which are all quite fully advertised), their web site is chock full of stories, that is if you can find them through all the pharmaceutical, oil company and Wal-Mart ads.

 

Oh, did I mention this is Fall Season Premiere Week? Huh. Not sure how that slipped my mind....

[GutZ]

I can't wait for the 3D Imax verison to come out, or maybe the PPV uncensored version...*$$$* If God exists, I am not the one explaining this...