{"id":12935,"date":"2008-09-04T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/04\/so-the-republicans-are-as-authentic-as-the-chinese.html"},"modified":"2008-09-04T13:54:52","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T20:54:52","slug":"so_the_republicans_are_as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/04\/so_the_republicans_are_as.html","title":{"rendered":"“So the Republicans are as authentic as the Chinese”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That’s how Margie summarized this one. The Chinese, of course, faked elements of the Olympics opening ceremonies to make them more impressive — computer enhanced firework displays and lip-syncing by a cute little Chinese girl included.<\/p>\n

Now comes work the RNC played a similar game during its opening ceremonies: Fake Soldiers Used In RNC Video, Patriotic Montage Shown At RNC Featured Actors Hired For One Day Shoot, Not Military – CBS News<\/a> <\/p>\n

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It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, 15-year-old Victoria Blackstone, a sophomore at the St. Agnes School in St. Paul, led the crowd at the Xcel Energy Center in the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience heard her 434-word essay, \u201cPledging myself to the Flag of the United States of America,\u201d an essay she\u2019d entered it in the \u201cWave the Stars & Stripes\u201d essay contest and won. The RNC turned that essay into a three and a half minute video, a visually stirring montage rolling over Victoria\u2019s words about sharing the Pledge with Americans who have stood at important moments in history.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the Continental Congress\u2026A real WWII vet\u2026Photos of workers at Ground Zero. A close-up of a folded flag presented to a grieving widow at a military funeral\u2026 profiles of soldiers swelling with pride in slo-motion.<\/p>\n

But CBS News<\/b> found that the footage of the \u2018funeral\u2019 and soldiers is what is called \u2018stock\u2019 footage. The soldiers were actors and the funeral scene was from a one-day film shoot, produced in June. No real soldiers were used during production.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I guess patriotism is easier when you can stage it.<\/p>\n

For the record:<\/p>\n

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After a Web search of videos played at the Democratic National Convention last week, CBS News<\/b> found no obvious use of stock footage.<\/p>\n

The RNC did not respond to CBS News<\/b>\u2019 request for a comment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course not! That’s sooooo last Tuesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s how Margie summarized this one. 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