Robert Greenwald discusses Stop the Kennedy Smears on CNN's Reliable Sources

[StoogeWatcher]

Fascist Democrats hate free speech. These are the same liberals who advocated killing the Danish cartoonists.

[DustinThePooper]

Historically accurate film showing both the good and bad = "REPUBLICANZ SMEAR CAMPAIGN OF GREATEST MAN TO EVER WALK THE EARTH!!!!!"

Liberal Camelot Story = "Historically accurate"

[hgaskins]

LeighMet

"the left in this country is Americas true enemy."

Nope, it's morons such as you believing that you're actually sentient and able to make ineligible choices.

If IQ tests were required for voting George Bush would never have been elected but with a Dem in power you would have had better special Ed classes.

"When this kind of nasty uncalled for smearing happens it shows just what pathetic creatures wallowing in shit many conservatives have become."

He meant you idiot!!

[goatbut29]

Another icky homo leftist who got his panties in a wad. Its never been any clearer: the left in this country is Americas true enemy. They will do more damage than any savage in a dirty bedsheet.

This cocksucking leftist faggot is just another useful idiot.

Notice he has dick to say about ANYTHING Obama does? A shrill pussy.

I hope and pray for a civil war against the left. can you imagine getting to put your sites on this homos fucking head?

[hgaskins]

I gave up watching the Misread channel a long time ago for something really quite novel, Books.

"Why do so many liberals love JFK? The guy was a war monger who promoted communist propaganda."

We can't all have war mongering idiots as presidents such as George Bush, but then you must be an idiot because you probably voted or would would have voted for him!

The only myth here is that you actually think you know what you're talking about! Martin Luther King Jr supported Kennedy. That's enough!

[LeighMet]

@hgaskins jfk hated communist

[mwells219]

this would be one thing if this was revisionist but basically fact based. but when this kind of nasty uncalled for smearing happens it shows just what pathetic creatures wallowing in shit many conservatives have become.

[woostopalypse]

Why do so many liberals love JFK? The guy was a war monger who promoted communist propaganda. It is a complete myth that he supported the civil rights movement (in fact, he tried to avoid being controversial and chose to be neutral). He never wanted peace.

Surely, the republicans are misguided in their criticism. But liberals should stop turning JFK into something he wasn't.

[waymanbeck]

@woostopalypse He started the Peace Corps and stopped a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. So yeah, I guess he was a war mongering communist.

[woostopalypse]

@waymanbeck So what? You think because it has the word peace in it that it somehow means JFK is not a war monger? He instigated the Vietnam War. He nearly caused a catastrophe with the Cuban Missile Crisis

[sffoggydays]

Finally a movie about one of the BIGGEST right-wing families, the Kennedys, by the right-wing! Do we get to hear about Joe's love of the Nazis? Bobby trying to destroy the Teamster Union. And, John invoking Taft-Hartley more than his predecessors.

[tuberpie68]

That interviewer put words in Greenwald's mouth several times! He probably has a Fox background, too.

[CaptionsEtc]

No closed captions?

[elbarto138]

regan was satan....fair and balanced

[Brezable]

Lol, History Channel is such a joke.

Its the tabloid version of "science" channels.

[eyepatchinc]

...who cares??

[1Guitarslayer]

They don't need to make up shit...

eveyone knows kennedys are corrupt...

Massachusetts gave "Mr. Healthcare" seat to a republican... HAHAHHAHAA!!!!

whats that tell ya?!!

THE KENNEDY DYNASTY... HAHAHAHAHAA!

fucking used car salesman

MAKE THE MOVIE, obama needs more tips!

[swisshakilla]

Why is CNN biased towards The History Channel? Greenwald has prominent historians that doesn't agree with many distortions portrayed in that script. Why is Howard defending an entity that wont come on the show to defend themselves? Corporatizm is running wild in this country today. To think a journalist defending lies on a historical matter. It's dispicable. This is proof media bias has surpassed just faux news

[peejaa]

lol Fucking libs cutting down there own!! i love it!

[BeantownJim]

ted k's pants are still washing up on the beaches of martha's vineyard!

[rayzortek]

if its made for or played on the history channel it will be from a leftwing point of view. unfortunatly history channell is often flawed and bias

[UpperCanada1812]

read a book called: the darkside of camelot.

[LeopardFrogPilboxhat]

the kennedys were a bourgeoise gang of alcoholic war criminals

[Nonniemayrox]

kennedys were criminals who turned on the mob and paid the price.

[sphinxrising58]

Well, no proof exists that the mob had anything to do with either of them being killed, as thet is just speculation at best, but they did betray the people behind the teamsters who helped jack getin into office.

[jsh78mang]

Brave new if your as repitable as you claim show the screen play you claim is done. I want to see where these injustices against the Kennedy's are. With my own eyes not yours. Brave new media or propaganda. Your site has alot of people talking about how horrible the script is if you are a group of your word and out for Truth. Respectfully show the screenplay to all your veiwers. If not I call shenanigans. Some one get me a broom.

[awteltelaw]

The Kennedys have been a scourge on our country for years. Good to have them all out of politics.

[1Guitarslayer]

Rest In Peace Mary Jo Kopechne knowing your murderer ted kennedy is now burning in hell.

Remember Chappaquiddick

SHOW THE MOVIE

[9Ghostly9Fish9]

But are we still paying attention to left-wing propaganda on the Hist. channel...?

(on the end message, just to throw that out there.)

I'm not sure what to think about this docu-drama. I mean, if it is fiction...might be on an individual level whether a person could tell the difference between a documentary & a docu-drama. This series sounds disappointing in Kennedy's life. But I dunno. The CNN broadcaster had some intriguing points I thought.

I just want neutrality.

[sphinxrising58]

As for this clown's trying to make Kennedy ou to be a saint, laughs.

Being a former president dose not automatically mean you was beyound reproach, huh

[sphinxrising58]

Well, it is not like we all do not already know that JFK had many many affairs, right, left, & center, nor is it a secret that JFK was only kept going by a multitude of pills for various ailments.

It is also not a huge secret that the Kennedy's initial fortune was obtained from bootlegging, or that they had ties to the Mafia, as the Mafia, through the Teamsters got JFK into office.

Lots of dirt everyone knows on the Kennedy's now days, so big deal.

[qualityrkc]

You are a moron. JFK and RFK were the best chances we had. Look what happens to people who are out for you? Say what you want about Teddy but there is NO DOUBT that JFK and RFK were great americans.

[sphinxrising58]

No, you are the moron, as nothing I posted can be proven false, & history bears me out numbnuts.

JFK & Bobby was helped by the mob into office through the teamsters ( fact ), JFK was fucking women right, left, & center ( fact ), the kennedy's initial money did come from bootlegging ( fact ), & do not even mention JFK made the Soviets blink with Cuban Missile Crisis, as it is well known a deal was made that if we pulled our missile out of Turkey, Soviets would removw thiers from Cuba.

[qualityrkc]

I cant prove that JFK and Bobby werent helped into office by the mob through the teamsters or that the kennedys didnt make their money from botlegging or that there was no deal with the soviet union. But here is the hard part...can you prove that these things ARE true?I admit you have caught my attention. Now supply me with the sources so I can see for myself whether this is true or not.

[sphinxrising58]

It is all documented history twat for brains, look it up yourself.

[qualityrkc]

haha that is what I thought. JFK was the last real president of the american people.

[sphinxrising58]

That's what I thought, you know I speak the truth, but are too fucking lazy to do your own research because history will back me up when I say JFK was no better or worse than any other president we have had.

All is documented history, but of course, to listen to you, all historians lied on JFK, right? LOL

[qualityrkc]

he was better.

[sphinxrising58]

JFK was so much better that he authorized that the offices & various phones of Martin Luther King Jr. would be tapped.

JFK was so much better that he was the president who started the war between the USA & Vietnam.

JFK was so much better that he sat by & watched, without doing anything while the non-whites of the south was beaten, killed, & maimed by the white ruling parties, as not until Johnson took office was anything rally done to correct that situation.

[qualityrkc]

JFK was about to issue a withdrawal from vietnam before he was killed. Also Johnson ESCALATED the war. JFK never had MLK jrs phone wiretapped. You wanted JFK to fist fight white supremacists? JFK WAS THE MAN!BEST PRESIDENT EVER!

[sphinxrising58]

Bullshit, you better go back & do some more history rsearch, as JFK had Bobby do wiretaps on JFK, documented fact.

Aas far as your claim JFK was about to withdraw troops, not a fat chance since he was the  sent them over there to start with.

As for my family, at least I have one you Johnny Wier loving TROLL, LOL

[qualityrkc]

jfk had bobby do wiretaps on jfk...ok?haha I didnt even know who johny wier was. You are uber gay. Go shave your wifes sausage.

[sphinxrising58]

Yup, all documented facts on what JFK & Bobby did, & you choosing to not wish to believe such does not erase it as historical fact prissy boy, lol

[valentin6li]

"All documented facts" ... then why not give us the link to these documented facts instead of BSing on Youtube?

My respect for you keeps going down as I read your comments...

[qualityrkc]

Ever heard of gulf of tonkin? Maybe you should stop reading blogs and go play with your fat family.

[437thx1138]

Say what you will on policy but he prevented WW3. He was under incredible pressure to pull the trigger. And did not.

We know the answer if Bush would have been there, we would be eating dirt for our short radioactive lives. Vietnam predates Kennedy. We went in the early 1950's. Without an order to withdraw it only increases.

[sphinxrising58]

Kennedy prevented WW-II my ficking ass.

What he did was make a deal, we pull out nukes out of Turkey & the Soviets would pull thier nukes out of Cuba, documented fact, learn to live with it.

[437thx1138]

@sphinxrising58 And that deal prevented WW3. You just proved my case. We had nukes all over Europe anyway and got the short range nukes removed from Cuba. A win in my book & I will learn to live with. ( fact, look it up, check it, google it, troll it, etc, etc...)

He had powerful influences that believed we had to fight USSR anyway so go ahead and pull the trigger was the advice.

[sphinxrising58]

For your personal information asswipe, the Soviets only placed nukes in Cuba after we placed them short ranged nukes in Turkey so if anyone won that round of who blinks first, Soviets did, as USA yanked it's missiles so Soviets would yank thier missiles, look it up, lol

Do not test me on history boy, as I majored it in, lol

[437thx1138]

@sphinxrising58 OK I'll accept your argument. We blinked first. And who ended up with no short range nukes aimed at them?

Your major in history allows you to pick facts you like I guess. Get your money back or be honest. And name calling proves your intelligence too.

[sphinxrising58]

Well, actully, by the time the Soviets removed the short range nukes, they had ICBMs so short range missiles was just icing on the cake so to say.

Firing over the North Pole would allow the Soviets to hit most cities in the USA within minutes, not to mention Soviet subs off either coast, so the missiles in Cuba was never anything but chips in a Super Power styled poker game, same with former American missiles in Turkey.

[NotEasilyRegimented]

Nuclear war is total BS anyway. Biological war is the one to watch out for, to worry about.

[Zapppo]

test

[1311182244]

What - plans to outright make inflamatory stuff up and present it as historical fact shouldn't be criticized? Left or right, why is anybody even considering that it's okay to smear anybody?

[RealCaptainAmerica]

Is it just me, or is that CNN "reporter" an insincere biased douchebag?

[tailspin37]

Why do Liberals think they are the only

ones who have the truth? As long as

one agrees with them, it's ok. But, if

you disagree with them, you are a racist,

Right Winger, etc. What a bunch of

phonies. Oh well, come November, they

will all be gone. May the Marxist Democratic party rest in peace..

[RealCaptainAmerica]

What are you complaining about? No one is claiming the JFK mini-series is NOT full of lies and smears. They're admitting it, and saying 'hey its just a drama, not a documentary'. They're ADMITTING it's based on lies, how do you end up attacking "liberals" for that??

[AlecxanderFFXI]

@tailspin37 You're an idiot. Both groups are like that. Both groups are failures. Both groups make stupid ass remarks like "May the marxist democratic party rest in peace..."

Seriously, because of the retarded fans who follow these political factions like it were football, our government is ran by two to four people (parties) and not a congress of individual minds representing the people of their states the way they should.

[BablyonsKing]

Anyone who would consider MR. FAT FUCKER BIMBAUGH or better known as 100 OXYCOTTON A DAY MAN as reference to any subject needs a shrink.

[jeffmagic32]

From running guns and rum to killing young staffers in limos and banging bimbos in the white house, nobody has to make up anything to make the Kennedys look bad.

[437thx1138]

History channel has sold out anyway. Doesn't deserve the name anymore.

They show programs on Bigfoot, UFO's, lumberjacks, Pawn brokers, Chupacabras, and snake hunts to name a few. History? No synergy. Or cheap ass programming.

They bounce shows from other owned channels. Discovery, TLC , etc.. over and over. History channel as history is dead.

All for market share I think they could keep with good shows. But that's working for your money and a little risk too. Took the easy corp way out.

[9Ghostly9Fish9]

437thx1138, that's a really good point.

[437thx1138]

Thanks. History channel used to be my favorite TV programming. It's like the loss of a good friend, lol.

The new shows are slick pretty and very empty.

[Largehippo]

Everyone in this debate is an ass. sorry.

[endsequence]

Controversy is an easy sell, it's just sad that these 'docu-dramas' have the chance of being perceived as historical fact. Objective thinkers can only wonder about the production team's motives. Political? Seems obvious -- and if their stories aren't historically sound, these people should be publicly held accountable for producing and peddling propaganda. I'm really getting irritated with fringe politics that quite literally hold back the progress of OBJECTIVE dialog in a time of great need.

[wayfarin]

shouldn't the end title read "propaganda is not history" as opposed to "right-wing propaganda is not history"? the second statement seems to imply that left-wing propaganda IS history. bad editing.

[MarmaladeINFP]

Why has almost everything in the mainstream media become political propaganda these days? Of course, conservatives such as Murdoch have really committed themselves to this form of political spin, but I don't trust the mainstream media in general when it comes to politics. When I watch news about politics, I just pretend I'm watching a soap opera. In that mindset, it's quite entertaining. Infotainment is the future.

[jla3490]

The History Channel better be ready to receive a "documentary" about the Bush's connections with the Nazis, actual events that happened. Rather than this made up piece of garbage.

[Strutinan]

@jla3490

If I remember correctly, about 3-4 years ago they REJECTED just such a miniseries citing it as being "a thinly-veiled work of politically-motivated character assassination".

Fucking hypocrites.

[RWDixon8r]

Of course Reagan was incentive to AIDS! Making jokes about it during his press conferences, and failing to actually confront the issue till late in his presidency, when the problem could have been far less severe if we didn't have a homophobe, and especially if we would have had a progressive liberal, as president during the early 1980's.

I like how CNN is looking at both sides of the argument, and asking unbiased questions. That clearly proves that they don't have a "liberal bias."

[THE1CALLEDJ]

"The History Channel" at it again. Selling propaganda.

Maybe change the name of The "The History Channel" to " The His Story Channel", it sounds close enough and they could avoid bad publicity like this.

Then they could say all day long; "Hey, it's just docudrama, not real history. Why would the "His Story Channel" play something about history?"

I should sell this idea to Rupert.

I do believe this copy rights "The His Story Channel" title to me. Unless written earlier of course.

[mo1elftausend]

bravenewfilms is not liberal they are progessive

[RWDixon8r]

@mo1elftausend Great correction!

[drywater2k]

@mo1elf: what's the difference?

[mo1elftausend]

I just typed a long response but I guess it was deleted due to including a link to wikipedia. So I will make it shorter this time.

Liberal: natural rights, civil liberties, individual freedom

Progressive: support government intervention to achieve equality

There is two groups of Liberals. Right-Wing and Left-Wing Liberals. Right-Wing Liberals might be better known to you as Libertarians.

[drywater2k]

@mo1elf: Do go on, that was very informative. What about neocons and conservatives?

[Nades129]

No denouncing you moron!

It's a piece of lies.

[klard]

The History Channel stopped having anything to do with serious history more than 10 years ago. Now it is just an advertising venue for commercial films and an outlet for paid propaganda. You are more likely to get serious history on the cartoon channel.

[ERGSEG]

You're right.

[klard]

The attitude of this interviewer. Is he trying to impress Fox News and get a job there?

[PersonalJesus348]

fuck that reporter

"its not that big of a deal... (hey when does my check from murdoc come in?)"

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

Haha!

[xtlhogciao]

Screw whether your political views are on the left or on the right. I hope most would agree with me that if this biopic is being made, it should be done by a moderate or an independent to be fair.

Especially if it's on the History channel. It's different if you actually fork out $10 to go see a Michael Moore movie or spend $5 to rent The Obama deception.

You'd might as well have Roger Ailes produce it. That way Marilyn Monroe, their father's bootlegging, and a DUI will be the entire series.

[jackdeath]

At one time, it was political suicide to criticise JFK; now, it is par for the course to become a Rethug. Distortion and outright lies seem to be the only story we hear when channels like History and CNN talk about the Kennedys.

[nilbud]

Son of Marie Osmond dead

How about that for timing

[NikolaiYezhov56]

JFK was a good President, him and Nixon were (IMHO) the 2 best in my lifetime.

To go after JFK with trashy crap is in very bad taste.

[FightTheCorporations]

If you wanna help fight back against the corporations, check out my channel!

[Organjic]

This is classic whining.

[gregjalbert]

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[jdlaporte001]

Greenwald does NOTHING but character assassination based on fictional evidence. He lies constantly about almost everything and now he is complaining that a series that hasn't even been made will not be 100% accurate. That irony is hilarious

[kazooga1234]

the history channle cant fucking have that its not history its shitty fuckedupness and ha bisky upload and its perfectly fair to criticise a movie that hasnt begun shooting to make sure it never gets made and they dont waste there freaking money

[kellythesinger]

What?

[kazooga1234]

i meant show not movie and i no i misspelt but whatever and to find out what ha bisky means check youtube it should be uploaded by angryfilmsproduction or an sn like that i sometimes misspell that

[kellythesinger]

What?

[jdlaporte001]

The family itself is not evil. However Ted for example did kill a woman. JFK was an adulterer, and the whole family has its money only because they were criminals during prohibition.

Also add in the rampant corruption and criminal activity. The kennedy's are not remotely the perfect family.

[Boomer1949]

If this comes out boycott it, write the History Channel and tell them your going to and why, signed the petitions.

[baudiirocz]

It's time the History Channel changed it's name to the "The Pseudo-Science and Revisionist History Channel."

[snuseren]

yeah what the fuck has happened to that channel ? i also feel like its all bullshit...

[kellythesinger]

History Channel is "Orwellian News Speak"

When you hear History Channel, think Right Wing Propaganda Channel.

[cod4boy45]

kennedy was a great predident, but they just want to make democrats look bad