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...Instead, Stone plays the material straight, and safe. He stays totally on-message. Except for the image of a TV news screen with President Bush vowing to "hunt down" those responsible for the attack, the movie has no hints of the America that will emerge from the attacks. This is a micro, not macro, view of 9/11...
...every time a straight-news journalist alters a fact - even something as picayune as the color of a bomb blast or the number of flares fired from a plane - it convinces people that the media must lie about big things as well. All facts become suspect, all information becomes relative, and you might as well believe whatever your gut tells you, because the news is invariably driven by its own bias, which is, invariably, against you. We become a nation of Stephen Colberts, believing that facts are sketchy and overrated and should never be allowed...
...think to myself, ‘How could he say that with a straight face?’” McPhillips said in recollection...
...Increasingly, it seems that we rely on technology to mediate socially uncomfortable conversations. Whether it's our shyness at meeting new people, or our queasiness when having to deliver the honest truth, we've figured out that having a tech assist is easier than having a straight spine...
...works in youth services, organizing excursions and junior sporting events. At a recent Thursday night training session, the lean and quietly spoken rover seems as straight as one of his high-flying drop punts. Yes, the grounds are hard and the ball contests can be furious, says Pickett. But he finds playing in front of large home crowds exhilarating. In territory where you are either a West Coast Eagles or Fremantle Dockers fan, Pickett barracks for the Melbourne Demons. Still, his mind is also on Perth. "I'll be playing there for Kimberley Spirit Under-19s in the country championships...