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Control Room: a brilliant documentary.

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Sure, it does give the Arab point of view, but not as heavily-handed as most America vehicles trumpet their party line: the American spokespersons are given LOTS of airtime without F/11-type ambushing.
Mr. Khatid, a news director of Al Jazeera comes across as one of the most interesting guys I've ever seen or heard. He looks and acts quite a bit like Kevin Spacey, too...

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Yes... - mkuller 13:51:17 03/18/05 (0)
...it provides a look at both sides' attemps at manipulating the news and providing propaganda. Eye opening.
No doubt the right-wingers hate it.
Re: Control Room: a brilliant documentary. - Victor Khomenko 09:21:41 03/17/05 (6)
Well, heavy handed enough to make it revolting.
You seem to be surprised the guy is interesting or intelligent? Why?
I attempted to watch it, but quickly got bad taste in my mouth.
- Even the Marine public relations guy has more - tinear 09:38:58 03/17/05 (5)
  insight than you. You have no problem with Fox which he labelled "nationalistic" but, at least, AJ doesn't claim to be objective, which Fox does in its very byline, "fair and balanced."
  Too bad you bailed: a closed mind won't grow very much.
  - Re: Even the Marine public relations guy has more - Victor Khomenko 09:47:39 03/17/05 (4)
    To draw any parallels between the Fox and Al Jazeera was simply a palemic tool here, I presume.
    Why was there that "even" in the sentence about the Marine guy? You seem to be perpetually shocked when people from the groups you stereotype as dumb show some intelligence. This is bad.
    - Victor, I was surprised at the young Marine because he - tinear 16:57:04 03/18/05 (0)
      showed an ability to recognize bias even in a "friendly" source. You, however, seem unable to maintain any sort of "objectivity" even the most modest type of recognizing your own biases and that they can mislead you.
    - He left the Marines. - rhizomatic 11:30:37 03/17/05 (2)
      I thought he seemed like a thoroughly decent guy. He left the Marines last year, voluntarily, because he no longer felt comfortable in the service. Don't know if he's yet made good on his commitment to try to raise awareness of the perceived relationship between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq war.
      What exactly did you find disgusting? I can't even imagine what FOX would look like if this country was actually invaded and occupied. It would make the wartime propaganda of WWII look like a course in sensitivity training. Your problem is that they aren't as thrilled as they should be that people are being killed, whatever the "cause" being served?
      
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      - Re: He left the Marines. - Victor Khomenko 15:17:19 03/17/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: He left the Marines. posted by rhizomatic on March 17, 2005 at 11:30:37:
        
        No, my problem is that Al Jazeera is filled to the rim with hatered towards the West and Jews. Those are their fundamental beliefs, no matter what words they put on top. The polite and intelligent veneer that they use apparently is capable of fooling some, though.
        
        Hatred? Please, go back and look at the film and - tinear 17:00:25 03/18/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: He left the Marines. posted by Victor Khomenko on March 17, 2005 at 15:17:19:
        
        try not to see what you want to or expect to. I saw not ONE example of hatred of Jews or the West.
        Mr. Khatid, even, said quite sincerely he wanted to move with his family to the US.
        All this use of the "hate" term is so much projection. After all, just who is killing whom---and why---in Iraq?

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