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[E93]

Originally Posted by PolarBear

Probably the only reason he let George Will on the program is because he agreed to describe himself as a bitter conservative.

My guess is he interviewed him because he knows a ton about baseball.
JimB

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by E93

My guess is he interviewed him because he knows a ton about baseball.
JimB

I don't really doubt that, but it's funny that the only conservative interviewee describes himself as a bitter conservative and all his friends as happy liberals.

It was played tongue-in-cheek, and you probably wouldn't think much about it unless you notice, as I did, his other interviewees we're mostly activist liberals. I don't recall Mario Cuomo saying he became a bitter liberal when he failed at baseball.

Look, it not a big deal, and I like the documentary overall, and in fact, I think Burns Civil War documentary is one of the best ever, but the fact remains, Burns does let his political bias bleed into his documentaries, and it's not over the top or unreasonable to point that out.

[E93]

Originally Posted by PolarBear

I don't really doubt that, but it's funny that the only conservative interviewee describes himself as a bitter conservative and all his friends as happy liberals.

It was played tongue-in-cheek, and you probably wouldn't think much about it unless you notice, as I did, his other interviewees we're mostly activist liberals. I don't recall Mario Cuomo saying he became a bitter liberal when he failed at baseball.

Look, it not a big deal, and I like the documentary overall, and in fact, I think Burns Civil War documentary is one of the best ever, but the fact remains, Burns does let his political bias bleed into his documentaries, and it's not over the top or unreasonable to point that out.

I agree. And in Brian's defense, he noticed your perspective in a seemingly innocuous comment. We all have our perspectives and issues for which we are particularly sensitive.
Have a good weekend.
JimB

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by E93

I agree. And in Brian's defense, he noticed your perspective in a seemingly innocuous comment. We all have our perspectives and issues for which we are particularly sensitive.
Have a good weekend.
JimB

Thanks, and it was meant as an innocuous comment. I felt I had to defend it however after Brian went rabid.

No harm though. Have a good weekend as well!

[FrankWakefield]

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[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

The quoting, and the bickering, sure managed to detract from a nice start for a thread... golly, maybe folks who quote so much do so because they think no one reading at the end read what went before... and why would they think that, because they themselves didn't read it. I know quoting was discussed a bit some time ago. Seems to me that there's no need to quote something unless it was in some OTHER thread. Otherwise, do completely away with threads and let's just have a mass of posts.

Thank you for trying to get the thread back on track.

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