{"id":640,"date":"2007-10-11T14:48:20","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T21:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=640"},"modified":"2007-12-01T17:18:56","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T01:18:56","slug":"brian-de-palma-stirs-bill-oreillys-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Brian De Palma Stirs Bill O’Reilly’s Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"

On last night’s edition<\/a> of the O’Reilly Factor, Brian De Palma earned the title of “worst Hollywood person I have ever come across.”<\/em> Not only that but he is also “vile”<\/em> and “a true villain”<\/em> and his new film “Redacted<\/a>” could, “lead to the deaths of Americans.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Redacted is an Iraq themed movie that tells a fictionalized version of a true story of American soldiers serving under difficult conditions, and explores how perceptions vary between an event’s participants, witnesses, and the media.<\/p>\n

O’Reilly has been railing against this film, which he has not seen, for several weeks. He is enraged that there are scenes that depict American soldiers in a negative light. O’Reilly believes that showing Americans engaging in crimes will motivate our enemies to commit further acts of aggression against us. As if they needed any more motivation. In all likelihood, the opposite is true. Iraqis who see an American film that portrays Americans realistically, even the dark side, will appreciate our commitment to justice. They will be moved by the inherent expression of remorse and sympathy for their loss. It is far more incendiary when politicians and pundits hold pep rallies for troops who commit atrocities and glorify such behavior.<\/p>\n

But that injection of reason doesn’t stop O’Reilly from bashing De Palma and Mark Cuban, the film’s producer. De Palma And Cuban have also been feuding<\/a> over De Palma’s complaint that Cuban ordered modifications to the film. This infighting just gives O’Reilly tingles.<\/p>\n

What was interesting about the segment was the guest O’Reilly invited to discuss the movie. Holly McClure was introduced as a film critic. I suppose she is, but the only places her columns appear are the Christian Broadcasting Network and a couple of other Christian networks and web sites. She is also the author of “Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood’s Seductive Power over You and Your Family,”<\/em> published by Lions Head Press. Lions Head appears to have a roster of three books. They are all Christian-themed and are mostly sold through Christian booksellers. They have no web site that I could find.<\/p>\n

What we have here is another favorite strategy of O’Reilly – and Fox News. Locate unknown “experts”<\/em> with little or no credentials, pluck them from obscurity, slap a mic on their lapel (and a flag pin while you’re at it) and let them nod vigorously in rapt agreement with everything you say. This is how they create a congregation of like-minded true believers who spread their gospel through the mediasphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On last night’s edition of the O’Reilly Factor, Brian De Palma earned the title of “worst Hollywood person I have ever come across.” Not only that but he is also “vile” and “a true villain” and his new film “Redacted” could, “lead to the deaths of Americans.” Redacted is an Iraq themed movie that tells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,1,8],"tags":[26,73,1137,74],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-culture","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-bill-oreilly","tag-brian-de-palma","tag-censorship","tag-mark-cuban"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-ak","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":959,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=959","url_meta":{"origin":640,"position":0},"title":"Bill O’Reilly: No Peabody For You","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/28\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Little Billy O'Reilly is poor loser (or just a loser, period). 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