Claim: Radio commentator Paul Harvey composed a review of the upcoming film about the last hours of Jesus, The Passion.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]
Paul Harvey Comments on "The Passion" by Mel Gibson The majority of the media are complaining about this movie. Now Paul Harvey tells "The rest of the story" and David Limbaugh praises Gibson. Most people would wait and see a movie before giving the reviews that have been issued by the reporters trying to tell all of us what to believe. Paul Harvey's words: I really did not know what to expect. I was thrilled to have been invited to a private viewing of Mel Gibson’s film "The Passion" but I had also read all the cautious articles and spin. I grew up in a Jewish town and owe much of my own faith journey to the influence. I have a life long, deeply held aversion to anything that might even indirectly encourage any form of anti-Semitic thought, language or actions. I arrived at the private viewing for "The Passion", held in [Rest of article here.] |
Origins: The piece cited above is indeed a review penned by someone who attended a screening of the movie,
Last updated: 14 September 2007