Posted on 10/16/2015 11:01:52 AM PDT by abb
CBS has refused to run advertising for Truth, the film starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford that revisits a painful episode in the network's past involving a discredited 2004 news story on former President George W. Bush's military service record.
CBS has denounced the movie, which opens Friday, as a disservice to the public and journalists.
Redford plays Dan Rather in Truth, with Blanchett as producer Mary Mapes. Together, they were behind a 60 Minutes II story that questioned Bush's Vietnam War-era commitment to service in the Texas Air National Guard. But CBS apologized for the story after documents used were called into question and could not be verified. Mapes and three news executives were fired.
Sony Pictures Classics sought a multi-million dollar ad buy to promote the film on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, the CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning and 60 Minutes, but was turned down, said Sherri Callan, president of Callan Advertising, the company that places ads for Sony.
Instead, Sony is advertising on ABC, NBC, Fox and several cable networks. CBS, which confirmed the rejection, told Callan it was not comfortable accepting the ads because of inaccuracies and distortions in the movie, and that it would offend longtime CBS News employees.
"It's astounding how little truth there is in Truth," said Gil Schwartz, longtime chief spokesman for CBS Corp. and a character in the movie. "There are, in fact, too many distortions, evasions and baseless conspiracy theories to enumerate them all. The film tries to turn gross errors of journalism and judgment into acts of heroism and martyrdom.
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“CBS has denounced the movie, which opens Friday, as a disservice to the public and journalists.”
That’s funny, I’d denounce CBS and journalists as a disservice to the public.
Wow, CBS does have limits.
Dan must be psychotic if it’s still bothering him. Did any one tell him that Bush isn’t president any more?
I think that this is more self-serving and less, ‘taking the high road”. After all they fired him. The movie probably is set up to make CBS look bad.
I don’t suppose that the movie mentions it that the document was first exposed as a fraud right here on Free Republic?
They refuse to advertise it because it makes CBS look bad.
He is was apart of the MSM ...no different now the way the MSM portrays the lies they tell....
...Gil Schwartz, ... “ The film tries to turn gross errors of journalism and judgment into acts of heroism and martyrdom.
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Am I reading this right?
The film isn’t hard enough on Rather?
Despite heavy competition for the title, Robert Redford is Hollywood’s Biggest Liar.
Yes, ladies, I know he’s cute. Liars usually are.
Mine is Oscar winner and some Pulitzers.
Burkhead.
Cat fight!!
But CBS apologized for the story after documents used were called into question and could not be verified.
It wasn't that they "could not be verified." They were proven to be forged. The only issue was whether Rather and Mapes directed their creation.
Now that's an affront on the veracity of outhouse rats. Dan Rather is a lying, partisan hack who makes Goebels look honest by comparison and Mary Mapes should be sued out of every penny she has.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Trump seems to get along with the interviewer way more in CBS interviews than in NBC, ABC or CNN. They’re probably the least raging liberal of the alphabet MSM.
Ehhh, perhaps the Dead Kennedys?
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They foisted this arsewipe on us for decades and now they want to disown him. They knew damn well what he was up to.
They just could not go down with him, after such a BLATANT lie. All the previous lies were so subtle
Redford is playing Rather. Redford Always plays the tireless hero. Watch Sneakers for an excellent example.
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