Heavy-Handed Spin, #1,043

Reading a quick article on Yahoo News about what the Oscar nominations could mean about American culture. It was interesting to note a bit of irony. The running opinion of the piece seemed to be that the most-honored movies were doing a service by bringing up for discussion heavy political and cultural topics:

“Even a film that steers clear of geopolitics, such as ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ carries a pointed nod to real life when it references the 1998 beating death of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man in Wyoming. It is being lauded, even by detractors, for confronting the issue of the personal costs of making life decisions on the basis of social norms.”

Don’t get too excited, Yahoo hasn’t reached enlightenment or anything. Someone apparently thought that, in order to be “fair and balanced” (like Fox News), the article needed to report what a pinheaded thug thought of the films.

The requisite red-state-appeasing sheep’s-baa came from one Michael Medved, whoever that is:

“This year’s nominated films, he says, show that the industry continues to grossly ignore the interests of the vast majority of moviegoers. ‘This year’s films are more likely to acknowledge their bias or their agenda,’ says the syndicated talk show host. ‘That’s a good thing.’

“But, he adds, the industry’s preference for what he calls left-wing politics, in everything from Middle East policy to promoting alternative lifestyles, is not. Nearly every film on the Oscar list has done poorly at the box office, Mr. Medved says, underlining the fact that the vast majority of America is not interested in them.”

Yeah, right-wingers represent “Real America”. And that’s why Bush’s job failure rating is at 54%. Is it a mandate yet?

“‘It would make good sense if they would green-light something with a different point of view,’ he adds.”

It would make even better sense if bigots would just come out and acknowledge their bias and agenda. But even if they don’t, it’s still obvious. The dismantling has begun.

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