I wonder how much fiction will accompanying the facts.
As a former photojournalist I know that all media is biased one way or another, (Even photos can lie.) but I'm sick of these so-called documentaries with their obvious agendas. There are far fewer accuracy checks in docs than something that airs on a network like CBS or Fox.

Hey Rich,

Thanks for commenting. I totally understand your "fatigue" over these overly-biased documentaries -- I blame Michael Moore! "Super-Size Me" was a much better film, in just about every way, than "Fahrenheit 9-11."

My point in promoting the Wal-Mart movie is to say this: Let's be open to hearing a perspective that may be challenging to our pre-conceived notions about what is going on in our society.

Your point about "accuracy checks" is well taken, but the blogosphere and the rest of citizen's journalism is out there ready to pick this stuff apart and expose it if it's not accurate on some points (and it won't be!). And that's my final comment:

Everything is biased. Everything is slanted, in one way or another, because everyone is biased to some degree (great or small). The Wal-Mart movie is going to be "anti-WalMart," but, from what I can tell, not in the sense that "Wal-Mart is evil, it should DIE." No, the point here is this: Wal-Mart has POWER to control the American (and, in many ways, the world) economy, and we need to be aware of that and adjust our expectations (and perhaps our shopping habits) accordingly.

All of this will hopefully just incite conversation around these issues that are truly important to everyone, not just one segment of our communities.

Shalom,
Steve K.

P.S. I hope you're feeling well these days, BTW! I look forward to catching up with you at the next Emergent Meetup.

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