Right-wing documentary targets Occupy

[FreakinDJ]

Exclusive: Film in the making from Citizens United is likely to portray protesters as anti-democratic anarchists

Citizens United, which specializes in making documentaries with strong right-wing messages, is currently in production for a film about the Occupy movement, a spokesman for the group confirms to Salon.

The landmark 2010 Supreme Court case that loosened campaign finance restrictions was brought by Citizens United and centered on an anti-Hillary Clinton movie made by the group. Opposition to that ruling has been a consistent message of participants in Occupy movement.

The new film is to be called “Mic Check: The Untold Story of the Occupy Movement.” A participant at Occupy Wall Street recently received an interview request from a Citizens United producer that included this description of the film:

http://politics.salon.com/2012/01/11/right_wing_lens_for_occupy_documentary/

[yardwork]

1. Yawn. /nt

[Bjorn Against]

2. It will be seen by about ten people who already hate Occupy

I would not worry too much about this one, Citizen's United documentaries do not generally make a big impact as only the die hards even see them. This is not the same as a Michael Moore film that gets seen by millions.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. They're bad for America! They're terrorists! = "Then they fight you".

Opposition such as this proves #Occupy right.

Fear!
Uncertainty!
Doubt!

[spanone]

4. let them waste their money

[cyberpj]

5. Well then, I hope Robert Greenwald or Michael Moore have something more truthful in their plans.

I saw a 1-hour show on Current TV called The 99 Percent that was pretty good:

http://current.com/19c62kc

but I havent heard of anything more like a film yet.

Perhaps because people familiar with the movement expect it to continue in fuller force come Spring.

[Dawson Leery]

6. "An America Carol II".

Another money loser, just as the first one was.

[butterfly77]

7. ...

[alp227]

8. Boycott anything from those Clinton-hating creeps who used the high court to enrich the 1%

[EC]

9. It's a Gringrich Production

Nobody ever watches those except the chior.

[hootinholler]

10. Nice to see them branching out into comedy

This should be gold.

[Erose999]

11. Same people who made the Palin film "the Undefeated". It will have a limited audience of hardcore

teabaggers. The Palin movie has a 0 on the tomatometer on rotten tomatoes, and a 38% audience rating.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. The right wing can not create a documentary that will send the message they want to send.

They keep trying, year in and year out. This too will fail. They make the same mistakes each time. So worry not.