HBO labor doc, "American Standoff"

Peter K. peterk at enteract.com
Thu Jun 13 16:44:57 PDT 2002



>The Overnite strike was ripe for revealing similar issues involved in the
>Teamsters in the context of the TDU-Hoffa tension, but Kopple just didn't
>seem to reach as far as she could have. I'm not sure why.
>
>Nathan Newman

Now let's take those high standards and apply them to the Democratic Party. I don't think I've ever seen anything so pro labor on cable TV, certainly not on PBS. Also, it didn't come off as mere anti-corporate propaganda.

Kopple could have gone into Carey's legal troubles, too, but she didn't. I think it was a major fuck-up for the progressives. If you're gonna play dirty like the corrupt and the rightwingers, you better not get caught. Just like it's a mistake for Media Whores Online to try to emulate Limbaugh, Drudge, Fox News, etc.

Peter



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