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

  • From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:56:11 -0600

JK:
>>I beg to differ, Mike.<<

I was sure you would.  That's why I didn't write anything.

Mike Geary
Memphis




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julie Krueger 
  To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:20 PM
  Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Thousands Die in Papua, New Guinea


  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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