VERN HUMPHREY wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>DN> I believe Hollywood has enormous credibility as a purveyor of
RJT>DN> propaganda.

RJT>The phrase "purveyor of propaganda" suggests that they are the
RJT>mechanism and that somebody else is providing the content,  or 
RJT>setting the agenda,  or whatever.  This may be the case,  but if so 
RJT>I'm not real sure as to where it's coming from and as to how whoever's 
RJT>doing it is managing to set that agenda It also seems like the 
RJT>"news" media have almost the same agenda, or at least are on the 
RJT>same end of the political spectrum for the most part.

VH> It's coming from Hollywood, itself. 

You really think so?

VH> There is an ultra-liberal clique running the place, and that slants 
VH> everything they do.

That makes me wonder how few the hands are that determine that agenda.  And
when it changed,  there used to be some decent content,  way back when...

VH> That's why you see an anti-NRA poster inside a police station in a 
VH> scene from "Lethal Weapon," and in many movies on the Military, the 
VH> Military as an institution and its leaders are shown in a very bad 
VH> light.

Yeah,  rigid,  extreme right-wing,  etc.  I had such a perception of the
military years ago,  these days I know better.

VH> Have you considered the irony in a flick like "Lethal Weapon" being
VH> anti-gun?  People who make millions of dollars glorifying violence
VH> blame the NRA for the problem?

Yeah,  I've seen that topic surface from time to time.  The stuff they do
really gets me,  and how they do it.  Like the way the "hero" can
run away from something happening fast enough to stay ahead of the
flame/explosion front, dodge bullets,  and similar nonsense. 

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