Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 21:22:29 +0100
Subject: M-G: Dan Rather rehearses for war (fwd)


I found this on Labor-L.

I like the theme music bit.

Otherwise it's just like the old Tom Lehrer song:

	So long Mom
	I'm off to drop the bomb
	But don't wait up for me ...

	You can see me
	On your TV ...

	There'll be Brink-a-ley (?) and Hunt-a-ley (?)
	Discussing contrapuntally ...

	You won't have to miss a second
	Of the agonizing Holocaust ...

	When the war is over --
	A minute and a half from now ...

If someone else has got all the words, I'd love to see 'em.

Cheers,

Hugh

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> >Dan Rather Rehearses for war
> >
> >  It's not only in the cinema that people prefer fiction
> >  to truth. I thought other list members might find this
> >  interesting since it has not been widely divulged in the media.
> >  I have found so many unpleasantly truthful events in real
> >  life that mimic "WAG THE DOG", the movie, that it's quite
> >  uncanny.  Anyone else has felt the same? Anyways I prefer
> >  fiction films that tell the truth, than documentaries/historical
> >  films that tell us lies.
> >
> >   Vera M. Britto <fiatlux-AT-umich.edu>
> >
> >AP had this on its wire this week:
> >DAN RATHER:  NOT KNOWN HOW MANY CASUALTIES
> >
> >It began:
> >
> >"CBS NEWS hit total embarrassment Friday afternoon when anchor Dan
> >Rather, in full pancake makeup, and Pentagon correspondent David
> >Martin were caught rehearsing coverage of a U.S. bombing run on Iraq
> >-- a rehearsal that was mistakenly beamed to television affiliates via
> >satellite!"
> >
> >This went on for 20 minutes. Rather could be seen on the satellite going
> >through
> >the motions of a bombing. He practiced describing how it was not known how
> >many casualties were caused by the bombings.
> >
> >"It felt like WAG THE DOG," a senior news producer at a major-market
> >affiliate told us. "I bet the network is living in fear that someone
> >on the receiving end of the transmission had tape rolling."
> >
> >"It looked like a real broadcast of what was going on," Bill McClure,
> >master control operator at WTAP-TV in Parkersburg, W.Va., an NBC
> >affiliate, told the ASSOCIATED PRESS."
> >
> >According to CBS NEWS spokeswoman Kerri Weitzberg the network wanted to
> >test new graphics and theme music that would be used to cover the story.
> >
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