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Subject: Re: [Leica] Progaganda or no?
From: "\(SonC\) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:47:45 -0600
References: <1F070B6A-F4F3-11D6-8190-000393802534@mac.com>

that the defining 
> difference between "propaganda" and "documentary" is that the latter 
> chooses to downplay or ignore altoghether those aspects of reality 
> which do not fit comfortably with the point of view of those reporting.
> 
> M.

Martin, 
You did mean former rather than latter, eh?

Sonny
Who does propagandistic documentary shooting of small town life at:
http://www.sonc.com


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From: "Martin Howard" <mvhoward@mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: [Leica] Progaganda or no?


> 
> My on-line dictionary (American Heritage through Sherlock in OS X.2) 
> defines the following terms:
> 
> Propaganda, (n): 1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause 
> or of information reflecting the views and interests of those 
> advocating such a doctrine or cause. 2. Material disseminated by the 
> advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.
> 
> (Interesting sidenote: It comes from the New Latin for 'propagating the 
> faith' -- the faith in this case being Roman Catholicism)
> 
> Documentary (a): 1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents. 
> 2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting 
> fictional matter, as in a book or film.
> 
> (n): A work, such as a film or television program, presenting 
> political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and 
> informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or 
> interviews accompanied by narration.
> 
> 
> Not editing is, of course, impossible, as is being "objective", 
> although "presenting facts objectively" may or may not be the same 
> thing.  But, it would seem to me, both from the excerpts above and from 
> the common sense understanding of the words, that the defining 
> difference between "propaganda" and "documentary" is that the latter 
> chooses to downplay or ignore altoghether those aspects of reality 
> which do not fit comfortably with the point of view of those reporting.
> 
> M.
> 
> -- 
> Martin Howard
> mvhoward@mac.com
> 
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