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To: Dr. Scarpetta

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Not surprisingly, this negative portrayal of the American political family garnered criticism from the left–and from the Kennedy family. Ted Sorenson, a former advisor to John F. Kennedy, called an early version of the script “malicious” and “vindictive.”

Why did the History Channel drop the show? In an interview
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/19/the-kennedys-discrimination/
with Entertainment Weekly, Surnow points out that the script was approved by at least two notable historians and experts on The Kennedys–so it wasn’t an issue of historical accuracy. Instead, Surnow says, it came down to “discrimination and censorship”.

Despite how the Libs tried to prevent it from being shown,
watch it.
‘The Kennedys’ turns out to be a solidly entertaining portrait.


40 posted on 04/10/2011 5:31:54 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: patriot08
Despite how the Libs tried to prevent it from being shown, watch it. ‘The Kennedys’ turns out to be a solidly entertaining portrait.

Exactly...

43 posted on 04/10/2011 5:35:57 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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