The first part of Spike TV's mini-series, The Kill Point, on Sunday night featured a scene in which an Iraq war veteran bank robber holding hostages earned applause from a crowd outside the bank when he denounced the war. Walking outside the bank to meet the police negotiator, “Mr. Wolf” played by John Leguizamo (IMDb bio), a former Marine Corps Sergeant who served a year in Leavenworth for…
Spike TV Movie Iraq Vet Bank Robbers Upset by Treatment and 'Against t
As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, this Sunday the Spike TV cable channel will start a mini-series, The Kill Point, centered around Iraq war veterans who rob a bank and end up with hostages in a standoff. A review in Friday's USA Today related how the leader of the robbers, Iraq vet “Mr. Wolf” played by John Leguizamo, “plays for sympathy before the news cameras, stripping down to show war…
Iraq War Vets Are Armed, Hostage-Taking Bank Robbers in Spike TV Mini
Those who oppose the Iraq war are always adamant that they support the troops, but how do you characterize people who think it's good television programming to portray Iraq war veterans as violent criminals? This Sunday at 9pm EDT/PDT, the Spike TV cable channel, part of the CBS/Viacom empire, starts The Kill Point, a four-part, eight-hour mini-series “event” revolving around a group of Iraq…
A senior Pentagon official has refuted "Time" magazine's depiction of a "broken" Army. Accusing "Time" of using incendiary language and of hyping the facts, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy Bill Carr made his remarks in the course of his appearance yesterday on the TV show this NewsBuster hosts, and in subsequent written comments. Sec. Carr was responding to…
Does Get-Imus Movement Foretell Fairness Doctrine Reinstatement
Later today, I'm going to a Pajamas Media
panel discussion on partisanship
and blogs (how much is too much?). Moderator and Instapundit.com
blogger Glenn Reynolds came into town yesterday but not before being
subjected to several
hours' worth of CNN in the airport.
John
Hinderaker of Power Line points out the broader implications
of CNN being foisted upon Glenn and many other travelers:
This…
Criminal Class? Koppel Says 'A Liberal Is a Conservative Who Just Got
