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To: stockman_scott who wrote (55688)	1/22/2006 10:16:12 AM
From: Ron	Respond to of 362491

At least the documentary medium is becoming a major new source of information. With the lousy, if not criminal job being done by multinational corporate-owned media, free thinking people seek out honest, alternative sources of information. Not one of these excellent documentaries was produced by a big media company: Bowling for Columbine Fahrenheit 911 Why We Fight The Future of Food The Corporation Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism Weapons of Mass Deception Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Supersize Me Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low price Control Room: The Iraq War and any number of great pieces by the crew at Frontline. All of these, while not perfect, give folks a more complete and accurate view of the world. I have to credit Michael Moore with jump-starting the medium because he showed documentaries can make money. It'd be great if Soros would bankroll a major production company. Maybe it will happen. I can't help but be pessimistic about the state of America and the world, but documentaries like these at least show signs of the return of sanity to public discourse.