DAVID NORTON wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 DN> On 06-10-03, ROY J. said:

RJ>DAVID NORTON wrote in a message to VERN HUMPHREY:

RJ>VH>My own experience is that good training and proper fire control
RJ>VH>are far more effective than spray and pray.

RJ>DN> Oh, sure, go ahead and ruin all the war movies!  

RJ>You don't think Hollywood has any credibility whatsoever,  do you?  I
RJ>think that's a mistake that a lotta people make...    :-)

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

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

Makes you wonder...

DN> Look at the tremendous effort made in WWII selling war bonds, 
DN> emphasizing patriotism, etc.  Was there ever much anti-hunting  
DN> sentiment before Walt Disney made Bambi, making a generation of 
DN> kids believe animals were human with human feelings and emotions?  
DN> Hollywood can and does shape the opinions of many people.

Yep.

DN> But television has replaced motion pictures as the medium most 
DN> people see, IMHO that's a good thing.  TV requires so many hours of 
DN> programming that there's some room for other opinions.

Hmm.

DN> Notice I said "some"?

Seems to me that the bias is still there,  for the most part,  and I still
wonder where it's coming from.  Of course,  there's that post I saw a while
back that outlines how much of what we're currently seeing corresponds with
the socialist agenda earlier in the century...

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