Rome is Burning
I went to see a grown-up movie for the first time in quite a while last night: it was a toss-up between “Fred Claus” & “Lions For Lambs.” After a day of mind-numbing work, I needed some intellectual stimulation, so I settled on “Lions For Lambs.”
This movie was not what I was expecting, but I loved it. I won’t ruin it for those of you who have not seen it, but it was incredibly thought-provoking… as the war in Iraq drags on, you can’t deny the fact that we have to eventually change our approach or admit defeat… but the thing I loved the most about the movie is that it focused on THE SOLDIERS involved. These amazing men & women who actually DO something with their lives, who stand up for principles, and who are currently changing the world… these scores of nameless, faceless people who keep the fight off American soil, who travel halfway across the world to risk their lives…
The courage, the strength, and the bravery that these people exhibit on a daily basis should be constantly commended and recognized…
…yet the American media is more concerned about what Lindsey Lohan is doing.
I yearn for the day that true journalism returns; journalism not touched by the hands of corporations… journalism that presents ALL the facts…. journalism that is not tainted by the generation of ad revenue.
I yearn for the day that journalism returns to a search for truth…. and ceases to be business.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:48 am
A friend of mine returned from there recently. He says not to let the media make you think it is hopeless over there because it is not. That place is better off now than it was under Saddam, don’t let CNN tell you differently.