US Army Tries to Block Soldiers from Seeing 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

We had to go to a Chinese news outlet to get an unspun version of this story (figures!): Xinhuanet reports: "Distributors of the popular US anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" accused the US Army of stonewalling efforts to show the film at military bases. The Fellowship Adventure Group, IFC Films and Lions Gate Films said the organization in charge of booking films for 160 US military base theaters was obviously stonewalling because the film is anti-war themed. "We have made all requested materials available to them, but unfortunately, a commitment to show the film has not been made," a Lions Gate spokeswoman said. They noted that the army usually quickly booked a film that has been very successful at the box office. "Fahrenheit 9/11" has grossed over 113 million US dollars so far at domestic box offices. " Now compare this "just the facts" story to the Reuters spin job: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=565035§ion=news

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