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Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment
« on: December 20, 2017, 09:14:44 pm »
Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment

6:00 AM PST 12/20/2017 by Stephen Galloway

 "We have to decide when we take to the ramparts," the Oscar-winner tells THR, noting that he would not attend a screening of his new film at the White House if invited.

Tom Hanks plays famed newspaper editor Ben Bradlee in Steven Spielberg's upcoming drama The Post. Here, the two-time Oscar winner discusses the man he plays (and also knew); the issues the film raises; and why he would refuse to go to the White House for a screening of his movie.

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Re: Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2017, 09:25:11 pm »
Tom's first amendment professor: 

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Re: Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2017, 09:33:51 pm »
So according to Mr Hanks and fellow leftists up until Trump (and maybe a few hiccups during Reagan and Bush presidencies) the government has been the perfect angel since Nixon was president.

That is just amazing.
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Re: Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2017, 09:55:58 pm »
Initially, Nixon was ambivalent about the publication, because it was McNamara/Johnson policy.  However, Kissinger and other advisors told him it would set bad precedent to have national security documents leaked in such a manner.  It's a complete joke the issue was ever made about Nixon.

Odd how they were decidedly less interested in a similar situation with James Risen of the NYT and CIA analyst Jeffery Sterling being prosecuted under Obama just a few years ago.
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Re: Tom Hanks Wouldn't Screen 'The Post' at the White House, Decries Attacks on First Amendment
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2017, 10:49:23 pm »
So, he's hasn't been invited but he's declining anyway?
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