people who view it as liberal shill probably haven't seen it ... and the decision to publish was a huge deal at the time ... not sure why hatred of today's wapo carries backward to then ... we needed to know about those papers, regardless of who published them ...

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Posted by Floating Change Up

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Posted on 1/20/18 at 8:11 pm to tiderider

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people who view it as liberal shill probably haven't seen it

Not to bring the PT here... but I think you are really off-target.

I, for one, can say that when an actress such as Meryl Streep makes a complete arse of herself by putting herself front and center of politics, anything she is a part of will be viewed as liberal propaganda. I don't care if she plays Nancy Reagan in the most fair and accurate depiction of the Reagan years ever -- it will be viewed as having been made with a liberal slant on it.

She obviously has no interest in taking my money and I no longer have any interest in giving it to her.

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 1/20/18 at 8:33 pm to tiderider

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people who view it as liberal shill probably haven't seen it ... and the decision to publish was a huge deal at the time ... not sure why hatred of today's wapo carries backward to then ... we needed to know about those papers, regardless of who published t

Dude it's about this old world view of the 4th estate...and how they are just objective watchdogs.

That's what the movie is trying to re-enact and resell to a rightfully skeptical public.

I've done enough research, News was never objective but got overwhelmingly liberal in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

And then owned by Corporations - it just became sell the narrative like a TV show.

This movie reminds me of Morning Glory, living in the past and so outdated for today's climate.

This post was edited on 1/20/18 at 8:35 pm

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