Ruby Ridge | American Experience - A reminder to know who is funding the documentary you’re watching
I watched Ruby Ridge | American Experience for the first time today. Going into it I already had a good deal of knowledge on the history of what occurred, but am fascinated by ruby ridge so wanted to watch a doc.
By the end of it in my head I was going “Wow, they really tried to be neutral to a fault and let the government incompetence off easy.”
Then I remembered the doc was made by PBS, and realized this was a propaganda piece from the government. Many omits from the doc starting coming back to my mind.
- It was quickly glossed over that the whole situation started with entrapment with Randy to sell sawed off shotguns to an ATF agent
- They omit that Randy missed his court date due to the gov’t sending Weaver an incorrect date for his court appearance.
- It is omitted that jurors decided based on evidence that US Marshalls shot first, killing the family dog, and that Marshalls to this day are likely lying in saying they were attacked on sight by the Weavers.
Moral of the story in documentaries/movies/news: know who is writing the story and know who is funding it.