Zero Dark Thirty: Truth of the matter is, it's a propaganda lie

THE film Argo tells the story of the escape of US diplomats from Iran in 1979. Zero Dark Thirty tells of the more recent killing of Osama bin Laden. Both are controversial.

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Argo has understandably enraged the British ambassador in Tehran at the time, Sir John Graham, by stating as a fact that he ''turned away'' the fugitive American diplomats. It left him ''very distressed that the filmmakers got it so wrong''. The British embassy took in the fugitives and they moved on only when it became exposed to attack. One of the Americans, Robert Anders, has fully corroborated Graham's comments, saying the film ''is absolutely untrue. The British made us very comfortable and were very helpful … We are forever grateful.''

Zero Dark Thirty depicts CIA waterboarding as contributing to the hunt for bin Laden. Those involved claim this allegation is untrue and, worse, justifies ''good cause'' torture. The film's director, Kathryn Bigelow, says hers is ''just a movie'', not a documentary, and pleads her First Amendment right ''to create works of art'' and speak her conscience. She is apparently engaged in a campaign not for, but against torture.

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Zero Dark Thirty: Truth of the matter is, it's a propaganda lie

Zero Dark Thirty: Truth of the matter is, it's a propaganda lie

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