The Day Truth Dies

Over the weekend, the movie Truth went into wide distribution.  For those who don't know, Truth is a revisionist history of the smear that Dan Rather and his producer Mary Mapes did on 60 Minutes during the 2004 presidential campaign.  The story that played on the CBS News staple reported events supposedly about George W. Bush's career in the Air National Guard, but it was quickly debunked when it turned out that the documents on which the story relied were forgeries.  Mapes and Rather were tossed out by CBS as a result (although they say they retired.)  Never one to give up, Mapes wrote a book about her experiences and then the movie Truth was made from that account.  The producers got some formerly big name, but aging stars to play the main roles. 

When the movie was first released, others involved in the episode came forward to denounce it as fiction.  As CBS put it in essence, there is no truth in Truth. 

There should have been a clue for the producers about the reaction of the public when showings in the heart of the liberal bubble (Manhattan and Los Angeles) got lackluster audiences.  Now the film has opened in over 1000 theaters across the country and did not even gross $1 million for the weekend.  Those are terrible numbers for new movie on opening weekend.  Once again, the Hollywood "geniuses" who think that Americans care about the retelling of liberal history have been proven wrong.  Hopefully, Truth will close quickly.