One very important ripple effect from F9-11 will be the media.

[lostnfound]

Having had some exposure to newsrooms, I expect most journalists WILL go see this movie. By and large, they are cynical but politically uninformed -- because they are consumers of mainstream media as much as they are producers of it, and they shape their political perspectives based on it. But they do pride themselves on being curious and open-minded.

They aren't (with the exception of Fox news and certain hardcore idealogues) going to stick their head in the sand and refuse to go. They like controversy.

When they do go, they will see disparate news facts (some of which they will remember reading in their own media) knitted together into a radically different story from what their mainstream media is telling them.

For many, in just two hours, it will start a shift in their thinking. In the future, when they write for newspapers, magazines, or TV..this perspective will have an effect. A buzz in the newsroom..a few may do some digging..slightly shifted priorities. A bit of an echo.

You know, it takes a fair amount of time to read DU or Commondreams or other alternative media, or books about propaganda (Manufacturing Consent), enough to understand the tremendous impact of government propaganda on mainstream media. Many reporters have just never invested the time in it. But two hours at the movies? Pretty painless.

This is one ripple effect that can't help but multiply.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. They will also see that big crowds of anti shrub people motivated to vote

is a big story!

[Eloriel]

2. You have just confirmed

something I've been in the process of tumbling to fairly recently:

By and large, they are cynical but politically uninformed -- because they are consumers of mainstream media as much as they are producers of it,

I have to say, it's been disconcerting to me on MANY occasions to realize I actually KNOW a lot more about what's going on re some subjects than journalists who get paid a lot of money to appear on TV do. I finally realized that it's not necessarily their fault -- or their ACTIVE fault perhaps I should say -- and not always are they trying to cover something (or someone) up.