Wednesday, August 28, 2013

MEDIA - Dysfunctional Washington DC Provides Fodder For Storytellers

"Storytellers Find Fertile Material in Fictionalizing Washington Dysfunction" PBS Newshour 8/27/2013

Excerpt

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  Finally tonight, we conclude our series on governing in a time of gridlock.

Treasury secretary Jack Lew warned yesterday the federal government could hit the limit of its borrowing ability, known as the debt ceiling, by mid-October.  That is sooner than anticipated.  And it promises to add fuel to the running battle over government spending that has paralyzed Washington in the past.

Boring news for many viewers, perhaps, but, as Jeffrey Brown explains, it's also fodder for fiction and drama.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour):  From a novel of intrigue about Watergate to casting the right actor to play presidential nominee John McCain, or depicting a power-hungry politician who stops at nothing to get his way, our guests have had a hand in portraying Washington in books and on large and small screens, for better and worse.

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