Just saw the movie “Control Room” a few nights ago about Al Jazeera. It’s amazing to watch Rummy and Bush bash them, then see the real inner workings of the station and the people that staff it. Their reporters actually seem to be…uh…reporting and asking deeper questions about US presence in Iraq while the American media pussyfoots around and refuses to take much a stance on people dying out of fear or misguided patriotism. Lately, I’ve been focusing my political attentions on the pro-choice issue only. I guess after all the torture news, I’ve reached some sort of upper limit of how much depressing shit I can process at one time. So, I was a little worried about watching the movie. But it is essentially a human story as much as a political one – with American and Arab characters coming to grips with what’s going on around them. It’s a character driven “plot” and it does a good job at not demonizing, but presenting the facts and viewpoints and letting you be the judge. Reccommended.