Here's another sure sign the new HBO Campaign-2000-nailbiter movie "Recount" will have a liberal slant. (Sunday NB post on a review in Entertainment Weekly magazine, "HBO's 'Recount' Movie: Favors Democrats, Harris as Cruella De Vil"). In a full-page newspaper ad appearing on the back cover of the A section of Monday's Washington Post, it was endorsed as "terrific" by a list of Gore-voting liberal media notables: Joe Klein, Matt Cooper, Jonathan Alter, Tina Brown, George Stephanopoulos, and Judy Woodruff. The movie's slogan is "The future of the nation was hanging by a chad."
We haven't seen these quotes in print, so we assume they come from a celebrity screening or publicist interview. The text below in bold tells you which words were increased in size for emphasis:
The votes are in.
Joe Klein, Time.com: "Terrific"
Matthew Cooper, Portfolio.com: "HBO is as good as ever. Watch ‘Recount’ and see...[they do] history better than any other studio."
Jonathan Alter: "This is the seventh presidential campaign I’ve covered for Newsweek and Recount conveys the nitty gritty of politics better than any movie I’ve ever seen."
Tina Brown: "The suspense is so skillfully maintained, it actually makes you unsure of the outcome. The smartest movie of the year."
George Stephanopoulos: "The fight for Florida was the most consequential political battle of our lifetimes. Recount captures the stakes and the strategies with amazing clarity."
Judy Woodruff: "Recount," the fascinating story of 37 days that changed the political world, is as exciting to watch today as it was to cover eight years ago; an HBO tour de force."
Forgive us if this seems like a sign that the fix is in, not that the filmmaking is first-rate. We'll have to see.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center
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Beating a Dead Horse
May 20, 2008 - 09:08 ET by MeanderingRemember when the liberal media complained when conservatives kept bringing up Jeremiah Wright and Obama's relationship with him and William Ayers? What did they say? That conservative’s were dwelling on it and kept bringing it up. Now it’s been 8 years, get over it already! Bush won, Gore lost and thank goodness! If Gore was president, all of our houses would have a government regulated temperature, gas would be $6 a gallon, and only he and his super rich global warming buddies would be the only ones allowed to fly private jets since they are above his own laws. GET OVER IT ALREADY!
Well! I'm just shocked, a
May 20, 2008 - 09:18 ET by charlietexasWell! I'm just shocked, a liberal movie and liberals are saying its Terrific!!....wow. Why did it take them so long??
We cancelled HBO over a year ago because of the liberal slant to everything, especially Bill Mahar.
They all know Bush won. Most of the liberal media went down there and did their own recount and BUSH WON.
Once again......GET OVER IT.
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Recount?
May 20, 2008 - 10:58 ET by iveseenitallAt least five different organizations "investigated" this vote. They wanted to prove fraud and found nothing. NOTHING! HBO is a fraud, just like NBC and the rest of the "liberal" propagandists. The media is Provda; Barry and the Dems are socialist/communists who want to take away your rights, re-write history, and raise your taxes. Even the UN is in on the Barry thing. They are "investigating" racism in America, now that a black boy is runnning for president. Tell your friends. Push back against those who lie about America's past as well as its present. God Bless President Bush, the man who is still fighting to protect us. And, in your daily lives,...
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I just cancled HBO
May 20, 2008 - 10:28 ET by kg"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Welcome to the club
May 20, 2008 - 10:34 ET by Gat New YorkI cancelled my HBO when they put Bill Maher on and never saw the value of helping to pay this guys salary.
I have not had HBO since I
May 20, 2008 - 11:44 ET by BDI have not had HBO since I got deployed the first time six years ago. Did not seem worthwhile since the only thing I watched on it it the last year I had it was Band of Brothers.
goodbye HBO
May 20, 2008 - 12:02 ET by BurgherI saw this movie this past Sunday evening. I found it repulsive, one sided and a insult to my intelligence. Michael Moore meets David Copperfield. There was a lot of slight of hand going on with the diebold audit tapes in this film. I never could tell who had duplicates up their sleeve.
Some of the othe assertions made could be debunked by anyone with the slightest knowloge of computer technology
Historical
May 20, 2008 - 10:24 ET by nkviking75Maybe we can look forward to a movie where Lincoln catches the bullet with his teeth and then beats the snot out of John Wilkes Boothe. Apparently that would be "historical" as well.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
How about a movie about all
May 20, 2008 - 10:41 ET by mattmHow about a movie about all the dead people in Chicago that voted JFK into office?
Orwell
May 20, 2008 - 12:36 ET by iveseenitallOrwell wrote about this changing of history in his book 1984. How prescient he was. He also wrote Animal Farm. As socialism/communism rears its ugly head in the persons of Barry and Hillary, maybe it's time for some re-readings. Movies are also available for the reading "challenged". ( one is even a cartoon; show it to the kids)
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Kennedys
May 20, 2008 - 12:21 ET by iveseenitallTell the "truth" about the Kennedy's exploits? Even O'Reilly doesn't do that. It's forbidden.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I Wonder...
May 20, 2008 - 12:42 ET by Del DolemonteWill this HBO movie discuss how the all-Democrat Florida Supreme Court tried to hijack the proceedings, and then had their first "decision" bitch-slapped 9-0 by the Supreme Court of the US?
And I have no doubt that they will only mention the second SCOTUS ruling on the final day, the 5-4 one. They'll totally ignore the earlier ruling that same day, the 7-2 one, which was the decision that actually ended the recounts.
Good Point
May 21, 2008 - 15:42 ET by deerjerkydaveWill they discuss how the liberal media called Florida for Gore and said that the polls were closed a full hour before the Republican heavy pan handle was finished voting? Studies were done on this matter too and it was discovered that thousands of votes were disenfranchised because of it, easily more than enough to overwhelm anything the Gores could pull together with their vote recounts.
If the liberal press loves this documentary then I think the answer is probably a resounding NO.
The left still can't get
May 20, 2008 - 12:52 ET by bigtimerThe left still can't get over losing and facing that fact.
Pathetic.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
revival
May 20, 2008 - 13:27 ET by ort777You know, the libs just have to revive the feelings of 2000. This is all they're trying to do. Who watches HBO? I'd have to believe mostly Bush haters and college age kids so this doesn't really do much anyway. I've heard Michael Moore is going to do another movie, sort of a sequel to his 9-11 thing. This stuff doesn't really change minds, it only re-convinces people that already believe that way. Just a theory. My wife works with a bunch of socialists and they all suck this stuff up.