Word: condemned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intelligence provided a fairly accurate view of what happened over Siberia, but the U.S. leaders ignored or distorted the facts in their enthusiasm to condemn the Soviet Union and promote themselves. Hersch describes the horrified intelligence experts watching Reagan on television make absurd claims based on their reports...
That night, Alexander awakens to a broadcast predicting the outbreak of World War III. His family sits catatonically about the TV; they do not speak through the duration of the message, nor do they speak when the picture blacks out. Alexander's wife breaks the silence to condemn the men of the household: "Why don't you do something!" she screams; the only words in the film delivered in English. Is this a conscious address by a Russian director to apathetic Americans...
...film makes sure that the audience goes away appreciating basic human feelings, like friendship. As in Truffaut's 400 Blows, we do not condemn the boys for stealing or cheating. Rather, we appreciate their ability to bring energy and fun to the routine of poverty which renders so many people helpless and lifeless...
...easy enough to condemn nervous Nellies at the networks for avoiding controversy. No network, for example, wants to be known as the liberal or conservative network, for this would shut off segments of the big audiences that their advertisers want to reach. This neutrality, this blandness, embodied somewhat loosely in what is called the Fairness Doctrine, is perhaps unavoidable in commercial conduits that must serve large and diverse audiences. Public television has more freedom but sometimes has trouble getting commercial underwriting to make controversial documentaries...
This past week, news organizations have made South Africa their top priority, going overboard to condemn the government for its press restrictions and state of emergency. The House of Representatives by a voice vote approved the most sweeping sanctions bill ever considered on the South African question, calling for the complete withdrawal of all American business interests from the country and the prohibition of all trade excepting imports of strategic goods. It's relieving that after so many years of frustrated protest by Blacks in South Africa, it seems this nation is moving toward a more tenable stance...