the film actors guild

They hit all the predictable checkpoints: Bono, Clooney, Sean Penn, Steve Earle. More predictably, they come down in favor of Hollywood hippie activism. Noticably absent, though, is their take on the political prostheletizing of folks like Toby Keith. Is it really fair to only look at half of the message? If Angelina Jolie started agitating in favor of bombing Iran, or made a movie about a death row inmate who actually deserved to die, I have to imagine this article comes out very, very differently.

Ok, but, "blah, blah, liberal media, blah, blah...", right? Well, when you keep seeing one-sided dreck like this... It's not a conspiracy, it's a culture. And it's a culture that has to change. Although, yesterday I saw something in the NYT that I've never seen before: the term "left-wing." It was applied to Chomsky, which, if anyone ever deserved it... But still, baby steps, I guess.