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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 01:55 PM Jun 2016

Poll: The "Under The Gun" director owned and defended her pious fraud in an interview...

https://variety.com/2016/film/news/under-the-gun-director-i-stand-by-edit-1201787149/

Is that sort of edit in line with standard practices for documentary filmmaking?

I think it has a different standard than the nightly news has. When you’re making a film like this, the goal is to get people to come to theaters to watch your film. You have to provide a thematic experience for them. I don’t think we misconstrued any of the facts. I think the VCDL made their position on background checks very clear earlier in the film and throughout the film. So yeah, I do think it’s pro forma for filmmaking.

Couric said in her statement that she spoke with you about the edit and raised concerns. Did she?

We talked about everything in the film and all edit choices. I’m the director of the film and at the end of the day I felt it was necessary to stop down and give people a moment to consider the question.

She mentioned you by name in her statement. Did you feel at all like she was attempting to shift blame for the controversy to you?

Not at all. Any time Katie does an interview and receives a compliment on the film she says, “It’s all Stephanie. I can take very little credit for this. Stephanie and her team did all of this.” That swings both ways, right? In other decisions that I made I need to take responsibility, too, and this was my choice.


In what way, if any, does she differ from James O'Keefe?


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Poll: The "Under The Gun" director owned and defended her pious fraud in an interview... (Original Post) friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 OP
No offense, friendly_iconoclast... beevul Jun 2016 #1
None taken- I fully expected silence from the banners when I posted this... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #2
Most folks expect this kind of unethical, corrupt journalism when it comes to guns. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #3
What's a glory hole? DashOneBravo Jun 2016 #4
"What's a glory hole?" beergood Jun 2016 #9
In today's parlance, it is that round hole in a... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #10
It's crap like this that changed my thinking over time. Brickbat Jun 2016 #5
I remain astonished at the *stupidity* of the lie relating to the purpose of the "pause". pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #6
Couric is desperate for visibility DonP Jun 2016 #7
Excellent analysis, IMO -- spot on with everything here. NT pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #8
Worse for this reason gejohnston Jun 2016 #11
Hammer meets head of nail. NT pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #12
 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
1. No offense, friendly_iconoclast...
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:19 PM
Jun 2016

No offense, friendly_iconoclast, but it isn't even debatable, nor is it defensible, and the usual suspects know it.

That's why they wont say so much as a peep about it, other than maybe some weak misdirection fail.






 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
2. None taken- I fully expected silence from the banners when I posted this...
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:22 PM
Jun 2016

...and I suspect my expectations will be met

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
3. Most folks expect this kind of unethical, corrupt journalism when it comes to guns.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jun 2016

And controllers seem to go along with it. With MSM, gun control tactics like these are a not so private glory hole in journalistic standards.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
10. In today's parlance, it is that round hole in a...
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 02:29 PM
Jun 2016

Peep show booth, bathroom stall, or other site where somewhat private sex-on-the-fly is expected. Insert and wait.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
6. I remain astonished at the *stupidity* of the lie relating to the purpose of the "pause".
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:10 PM
Jun 2016

I mean......of course they'll never admit what they were up to, and their "justifications" for the pause are limited -- but how stupid do they think the public is?

I remain more than a bit puzzled that there isn't more conversation relating to Couric's ignorance of laws governing sales from federally licensed dealers. Where's the justifiable outrage?
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
7. Couric is desperate for visibility
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:45 PM
Jun 2016

She's the head of the news division for Yahoo now.

"How the mighty have fallen", from the first woman as evening anchor on a major network to an internet search engine company with delusions of grandeur.

I'm pretty sure she'd take on anything that she thought might give her some high profile visibility and street cred. Anything to get her back in the big time with the 24/7 limo pick and armed security team, company plane at her disposal, staff waiting on her hand and foot and a 7 or 8 figure paycheck.

I don't think she gives two shits about guns or gun control, except as a device to get her back in the public eye.

She just reads what somebody puts on the teleprompter for her, like she has always done.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
11. Worse for this reason
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 07:30 PM
Jun 2016

Katie has a reputation and a claim to be a professional journalist, a profession with a code of ethics. O'Keefe was unknown and half way honest about being a hack.

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