So many Dopes, So little time
Jules Crittenden reviews Ken Burns’ work Here.
No mention of the Japanese internment camps in any of the reviews listed so it looks like the show description put out by Tribune was a case of political correctness and/or an extension of the “Blame America First” attitude.
My original post lays it out here.
After being bombarded with commercials for the new Ken Burns PBS “The War” series, Stocky clicked on the Tivo remote a few times and looked up the show in order to setup a season pass.
Yes it’s PBS and Yes some of Burns’ work can be tedious and overwrought but World War II truly was an amazing time. A fight for civilization that even the leftists of the day (well, maybe not Joe Kennedy) and today can’t deny. As they are for todays fight for civilization.
Anyways, it was with high hopes that Stocky found the first episode of The War, made sure to select the HD channel version and setup the season pass. Good stuff or so I hoped.
Before clicking back to Squawk Box on CNBC (Becky was looking particularly fine that morning) I read the program description for the first 2 1/2 hour episode. Here it is:
The War
“A Necessary War” The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts the United States into World War II; thousands of Japanese-Americans are forced into inland internment camps.
You gotta be fucking kidding me.
Internment camps get the same billing as the attack on Pearl Harbor???????????? Those PBS leftist assholes!!!! Leave it to them to excentuate a perceived blackmark in Amerca’s WW II history. Of course Michelle Malkin wrote a book arguing that the camps were justified but Stocky will go out on a limb and predict that she was not a source for this PBS series.
When putting together this post I found that maybe it’s not the leftists at PBS who are to blame here. While looking for a link to the program guide I found that the TV Guide listing is significantly different than the one provided to Tivo (and many other customers) via Tribune Media. Here is the TV Guide listing:
Episode Detail: A Necessary War (December 1941-December 1942) - The War Debut: Ken Burns’ seven-part series tells the story of World War II through the experiences of ordinary people from four American towns. First up: a summary of the war and its cost (some 50 million lives), and reasons for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It also chronicles the first year of U.S. involvement, focusing on, among others, Glenn Frazier, from Mobile, Ala., who survived the Bataan Death March; and Sid Phillips, who fought the Japanese on Guadalcanal.
Not a word about the internment camps in that description. That sounds reasonable. I bet the internment camps get too much air time along with black units who fought in the war. Not that they shouldn’t be mentioned but my guess is their importance will be exaggerated in relation to the grand scheme of the War. But we’ve all come to expect that. To even point this out is to invite the racist card to be played.
Oh well.
But back to Tribune Media. They are the ones who provide the guide data to Tivo and many other customers. Who is Tribune Media? They are owned by Tribune Broadcasting. Tribune Broadcasting owns:
Baltimore Sun · Chicago Tribune · Hartford Courant · Los Angeles Times · Newsday · South Florida Sun-Sentinel · Orlando Sentinel · The Morning Call · Daily Press · The Advocate
Among others. No liberal slants there.
Is this all a stretch??? Maybe. But it’s the little things like this show description that never get called out for what they are and really piss Stocky off.