PT911 - Get nasty! - Go Global!

I started this as a comment, but then I thought I ought to flesh it out a bit more as a diary. AmericaBlog posted a request for ideas to 'educate' Disney in the event that it airs the execrable "Path to 9/11". However, I believe that their wonderful list omits a key strategic fact: Bill Clinton is revered in virtually every country in the world and George Bush is despised and hated in the same places.

To see how this might play out, cross the fold:

Fact 1 - Disney is a global company. If you read Disney's 2005 annual report, you will see scads of reference to international properties, revenue, investment and visitors. Specifically, $7B (about 25%) of Disney's 2005 revenues came from operations outside the US and Canada and millions of foreign tourists traveled to the US to visit Disney's theme parks and attractions. International goodwill is crucial to both Disney's present and future.

Fact 2 - The global community is totally perplexed by American attitudes towards Bill and Chimpy. To them its a no-brainer. Bill is a world hero and Chimpy is a world villain.

Bush (and to a lesser degree, Clinton) stories are staple fare in foreign newspapers, TV programs, Internet, etc. For example, during the recent Kaloogian fiasco, I emailed a reporter at a Turkish newspaper to clue him in. Over the next week, stories ran in every Turkish daily paper (not necessesarily due to my action, but ...?), all laughing at the stupid Republicans.

Synthesis

To the rest of the world, PT911 will play out as a truly bizarre morality play:

Their beloved Mickey (the essence of goodness) is helping global villain (Bush) to savagely and unfairly attack their global hero (Bill).

Huh? Whats up with that?

Action

We need to explain it to them:

1) Email reporters and contacts at hundreds of newspapers, TV stations, etc. around the world - stressing the meme: Our beloved Mickey (the essence of goodness) is helping global villain (Bush) to unfairly and savagely attack our global hero (Bill).
2) Take the inevitable viral videos and Flash animations and translate them into as many languages as possible. At the very least, add subtitles. Send them to every international contact the netroots possesses.
3) Stress the unfairness of the mockumentary, so foreign TV outlets can debate it - stress the evil Disney motives.

Desired Outcome

Simple: Disney = Bush in the mind of the world.

Ouch!

•  Was ist Der Spiegel?

  by irate on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 06:41:42 PM PDT

  •  I suspect you know :-)

    A prominent German newsmagazine:

    Main website (German)  and English website

    by grapes on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 06:48:00 PM PDT

    •  Can you help organize this?

      Gather a list of publications with all the contact info you can find, specific people to contact if appropriate, and other things like language, will they take correspondence in English and put in in one place for us to access?

      Your idea sounds like a good one.

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      Contact Info for Disney action:
      Path to 9/11 - Big List of Action Contacts

      by highacidity on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 09:37:25 PM PDT

      •  I can devote a few hours to starting it

        I may be able to help establish a pattern that others can follow and expand on.

        Question:

        How should I record it? A diary? An email? A comment to a diary?

        by grapes on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 10:01:09 PM PDT

        •  A diary is good

          Just write the whole thing in a text editor, keep that, then put it into a diary. Then we can link to the whole thing. Good deal, thanks. I know how much work is involved with that.

          I have spent so much time on the list I made, I have to take care of some business soon... I can follow what you are doing. My email is in my profile if you need that for some reason. Thanks again.

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          Contact Info for Disney action:
          Path to 9/11 - Big List of Action Contacts

          by highacidity on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 10:09:40 PM PDT

•  Where is Jerome a Paris

  Boycott DISNEYLAND PARIS.

  by Chamonix on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 07:19:01 PM PDT

  •  I'm sure he will :-)

    But he probably won't be enough.

    Americans need to realize the value of Disney brand in the rest of the world. Disney is almost certainly hoping to grow extensively into the global market - think China.

    A Disney=Bush association will cost them a bunch.

    by grapes on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 07:26:17 PM PDT