[lit-ideas] Re: Thousands Die in Papua, New Guinea

  • From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:20:06 -0600

I beg to differ, Mike.

Julie Krueger

On Jan 8, 2008 6:54 PM, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:31 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Thousands Die in Papua, New Guinea
>
>
> > This is an old hobby horse and I have to throw it out one more time.
> >
> > -----
> > Imagine how current media coverage would have changed WW2.
> > -----
> >
> > The TV alone . . .
> >
> >
> > [BREAKING NEWS LOGO]
> >
> > [BLOCK LETTERS FILL SCREEN]
> > 3,200 killed
> > 5,400 wounded
> > ... so far
> > Papua, New Guinea
> >
> > [ANNOUNCER:] Over three thousand, two hundred US troops have died so far
> > in Papua, New Guinea. This peaceful island in the southwestern Pacific
> > has become the scene of a fierce land battle. Papua is one of three
> > "limited offensives" in the Pacific authorized under Mr. Roosevelt's
> > so-called "War on the Axis."
> >
> > [TRAILER RUNS HEADLINE ABOUT PAPUA, NEW GUINEA BATTLE]
> >
> > [STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE OF SENATE PROCEEDINGS]
> >
> > In Congress, battles rage over a Vote of Censure against the President.
> > This Censure Vote, sponsored by House Republicans, expresses
> > Congressional disapproval of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and may
> > spur a Senate investigation into the taking of Guadalcanal.
> >
> > [STILL SHOT OF FDR IN WHEELCHAIR]
> >
> > Breaking news of massive American casualties
> >
> > [CUT TO]
> >
> > [BLOCK LETTERS FILL SCREEN]
> >
> > 3,200 killed
> > 5,400 wounded
> > ... so far
> > Papua, New Guinea
> >
> > News of more American dead and wounded from Papua can only fuel the
> > controversy.
> >
> > [STOCK PACIFIC LAND-COMBAT VIDEO FOOTAGE]
> >
> > [CUT TO]
> >
> > [WIDE-ANGLE CLOSE VIDEO FOOTAGE/LIVE SOUND-MIX OF DEMONSTRATORS AT
> > CAPITOL HILL]
> >
> > Meanwhile, on the mall outside Congress, a group of vocal protesters
> > held signs and shouted antiwar slogans. They gathered to demand that FDR
> > end his "interventionist" and "imperialist" policies. This is certainly
> > one controversy that will not just disappear.
> >
> > [SHOT OF ANNOUNCER BEFORE CAPITOL]
> >
> > From Washington, this is Oscar Levant for CBS Broadcasting.
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