December 11, 2012 - 10:53 am
Sheryl Longin and PJTV’s own Roger L. Simon talk to Bill Whittle about their new play The Party Line. This drama discusses the work of New York Times writer Walter Duranty and the life of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. Duranty won the Pulitzer Prize even though critics accused him of being an apologist for Stalin’s worst atrocities. Fortuyn raised the dangers of radical Islam and was ultimately assassinated for his views. How did these skilled writers craft a work around two two disparate lives? Find out.
Get your copy of The Party Line here; an embeddable version of Bill’s interview with Roger and Sheryl is available here.
Bill Whittle mentions the intentional failure of media to report accurately on Saddam’s atrocities.
The news organization (in that case CNN) didn’t want to fall out of favor with Hussein and be kicked out of Iraq.
Duranty was similarly motivated, living the high life in Moscow ?
There are so many sins of omission and commission amongst purveyors of modern media, people who’ve truly abandoned their calling.
I ordered The Party Line and Last of the Just.
Individual journalists belong to so-called news companies and must be supported by the corporate brass in one way or another to continue their ‘work’ then and now. Have you ever looked into the people, connections, major share holders, money sources and corporate alliances that permit people like Duranty to thrive and have influence?