Tree Stumps

Is Fox any different today than it was 80 years ago? One paragraph from The Secret Life of Tyrone Power (1979, William Morrow and Co, NY):
   "Strength*Quality*Leadership. So ran the studio proclamation when Zanuck [Darryl F. 1902-1979] came into his own there. A questionable aspect of Fox's motto was its second word. In a marginal fashion, the studio began its involvement in World War II as early as 1932, and on the same side as Hitler. Millions of Germans would not have heard his hypnotic oratory if Fox's German subsidiary, Fox-Tonende-Wochenschau, a weekly newsreel, hadn't disseminated propaganda favorable to Hitler in such short films as Der Fuehrer (The Leader) and Hitler's Kampf um Deutschland (Hitler's Fight for Germany). The Fox subsidiary also loaned sound trucks to the Nazis, so that Hitler could speak to the increasing multitudes. The films were screened throughout Germany right before the national elections which led to Hitler's becoming a national factor and which ultimately resulted in his being named German Chancellor in January of 1933."

I think it is different. "Newsreel"?
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Dear Mr. President,
   Surprise, surprise. We the People are aware the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act is a  technological failure, unlike your successful techno-campaigns for president. What we say is - you can keep all of your benefits and any coins you find on the ground, if they don't rust by 2016. Communications are only "challenging" when you lie, unless of course you're talking to tree stumps.