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Hey Brian Williams you've disgraced Tom Brokaw's chair |
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I disagree whole heartedly |
| Date Posted: |
05/08/2005 |
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If the film was good there would be no debate. If this was a story of a 17 year old kid who produced a film that was winning the praise of critics, then I wouldn't care that Mr. Williams and Mr. Smilovitz were friends.
But the film is what it is; a project of a high school student. Go and watch it, it's onthe nightly news site. Judge for yourself.
I watched it after the story aired because I was thinking it had to be good. What I saw on line offended me not only as a working journalist but as someone who loves documentaries. As a film it was so bad that my first thought was that Bernie must have given Brian some money in order to air this tribute to his son. I mean, I know that didn't happened,but it is so bad that the thought actually went thru my mind.
To really understand how unethical Williams' actions were you have to watch the film. |
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I watched the film in its entirety and was touched by it. Several of my co-workers were, too.
The sound was difficult to understand at times, but that's why there were subtitles.
The stories of the grandparents, especially the grandmother, were gut-wrenching. And the end was terribly poignant.
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