the mainstream American media tried hard (and pretty much succeeded) in making him look bad so that they could get Bush elected.
Yes; and at the time I was pretty much convinced that he helped that process too, by the way he presented himself. Now I'm not so sure.
Looking up a bit more about the movie, I found this really funny story in which he is roasted in the American media for a misquoting by a reporter in Lagos in 2005. (who wrote that he started the Shoneys restaurant chain with his wife Tipper.)
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Date: Friday, 7 July 2006 03:11 pm (UTC)Yes; and at the time I was pretty much convinced that he helped that process too, by the way he presented himself. Now I'm not so sure.
Looking up a bit more about the movie, I found this really funny story in which he is roasted in the American media for a misquoting by a reporter in Lagos in 2005. (who wrote that he started the Shoneys restaurant chain with his wife Tipper.)
Fact checking is apparently dead.