01-07-2019, 04:42 PM
(01-03-2019, 10:04 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Would you say the same about publishers when politicians release books? Crown published books from George W Bush, Barack Obama, and Michelle Obama. Their parent company also published Bill Clinton's memoirs.
With respect, that's a poor analogy. A publisher contracts for the person to provide a book. Netflix gave the Obama's money to generate content for their service. If either Obama had a history in the entertainment field one could view this differently. Neither has anything remotely close to that. Additionally, a book is a stand alone work. Either Obama is more than qualified to write a book on their experiences and as significant people in US history anyone would want to publish such works. This is nothing akin to being a contant developer for a streaming service.
Quote:I don't think the simple act of giving a contract for content established a bias in the way you tried to imply that it did in your dismissal of a documentary being streamed on Netflix.
Quite honestly, I gave this some thought over that past week or so. I think my reticence has more to do with being bone tired of the current political scene. A lot of legitimate criticism of Trump gets drowned out by "Orange Man Bad" and I'm not trying to sift through the crap to find the nugget of gold. One need look at this board as a microcosm of that. In essence my statement had more to do with being tired of the subject in general, but I stated it poorly.
