Searching for humanity (ROGER EBERT SLAPS AMERICANS AROUND IN 'A MIGHTY HEART' REVIEW)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 6/22/07 | Roger Ebert

[Chi-townChief]

I think it was Tom Wolfe who referred to this as adjectival catch-up:

"His kidnappers have transported him outside the zone of human values and common sense. We reflect that the majority of Muslims do not approve of the behavior of Islamic terrorists, just as the majority of Americans disapprove of the war in Iraq."

"The Americans who complain about "negative" news are the ideological cousins of those who shoot at CNN crews. The news is the news, good or bad, and those who resent being informed of it are pitiful. More Americans are well-informed about current sports and auto-racing statistics, I sometimes think, than anything else."

See? We're just like the terrorists, at least in Roger's warped mind.

[IncPen]

just as the majority of Americans disapprove of the war in Iraq

One wonders what 'the majority of Americans' would poll, but for the relentless hammering of the war by the liberal media...

[xp38]

I had a chance to see this movie last monday at a preview and instead I snuck into another movie to avoid doing so.

[operation clinton cleanup]

The Americans who complain about "negative" news are the ideological cousins of those who shoot at CNN crews.

WTF? Roger needs to spend some time with the head sawer offers and then get back to us.

[Tzimisce]

>We reflect that the majority of Muslims do not approve of the behavior of Islamic terrorists,

....most polls of Muslims (no matter where they are) show that Islamists overwhelmingly sympathize with terrorists....

[eleni121]

Another knucklehead Ebert film review that puts the kabosh on ever seeing this mindnumbing tedious nonsense.

[gridlock]

We reflect that the majority of Muslims do not approve of the behavior of Islamic terrorists, just as the majority of Americans disapprove of the war in Iraq.

What a complete, utter asshole Roger Ebert is.

[JasonC]

What nonsense. Do you know how many western journalists have been killed in Iraq? 4. All the rest are Iraqi "stringers", many of them actual combatants on the payrolls of the news agencies, and most of even those killed by the terrorists.

[Obie Wan]

Roger Ebert wears lipstick. No I don’t mean a highlight for the TV camera,I mean Roger Ebert wears lipstick !!!

[ustanker]

He is 110% HOMO!

[napscoordinator]

I don’t give a care about Daniel Pearl. Never did. I guess that makes me a bad American. Daniel Pearl should not have been in Iraq to begin with. Although to see a movie with Angelina would be enticing. I will have to give it more thought when it comes out. I wonder if my wife will want to see this movie...

[Bahbah]

Daniel Pearl should not have been in Iraq to begin with.

He was abducted and murdered in Pakistan.

[skepsel]

Psst! Karachi is in Pakistan, not Iraq.

[mjolnir]

Read the thoughtful, powerful commentary of Judea Pearl, his father, and maybe you will.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

So far the movie, despite good reviews, is tanking at the box office. It may be a good story but I avoided it just because of the way Angelina Jolie banned Fox News from interviews and made everyone else sign contracts allowing them to ask preapproved questions.

[lentulusgracchus]

[You, quoting Ebert] We reflect that the majority of Muslims do not approve of the behavior of Islamic terrorists,....

....most polls of Muslims (no matter where they are) show that Islamists overwhelmingly sympathize with terrorists....

Even granting Roger Ebert the favor of a distinction between "Islamists" and "Muslims", and surveying the larger group, I think you may still be right, if you're talking about worldwide Islam, and I suspect Roger's assertion is just wrong.

[mjolnir]

Debbie Schlussel's take on “A Mighty Heart” is just a little bit more sane. Okay, much, much more sane and utterly superior to Roger Ebert’s (who I pray will return good health, the show he created and hopefully, better reviews) brainwashed excrement.

[RobbyS]

AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT. Roger is one of those liberals who thinks of Islam as an exotice form of Unitarianism rather than a religion that has been at war with Europeans for a thousand years or more.

[IrishCatholic]

“The Americans who complain about “negative” news are the ideological cousins of those who shoot at CNN crews. The news is the news, good or bad, and those who resent being informed of it are pitiful. More Americans are well-informed about current sports and auto-racing statistics, I sometimes think, than anything else.”

Well heck, slick. You just peed all over your credibility with that statement. There is no such thing as bias? Then why do liberals complain about FOX News? If all things are equal, why are liberals trying to destroy talk radio?

If America is not well versed on current events, it is because they cannot trust the HONESTY of journalists.

[Bahbah]

Much more actual information in that reveiw. Thanks.