Last but not least: Only a dead president is a good president

The TV movie Death of a President, about a fictional assassination attempt against George W. Bush, is causing a transatlantic uproar. 
The film is set in 2007, when the American public no longer approves of the Iraq mission and mass demonstrations are taking place in major American cities. Also in Chicago, where a visit of the republican US president George W. Bush is accompanied by massive protests. He gives a speech in front of fine businessmen, then is gunned down and dies of his injuries. The suspect is a man from Syria.
 
Neither sensationalism nor simplification The film Death of a President is to be shown next month on the More4 television channel. Reactions to the film's announcement were immediate and fierce. "Shocking" is any film "that takes as its subject the assassination of our president, whether as fact or fantasy," the Republican Party spokeswoman indignantly told the British tabloids Friday. The United Kingdom's media watchdog, WatchDog, goes a step further, fearing the film could give ideas to militant Bush opponents. The White House, on the other hand, is its usual moralistic self: "We're not going to comment on this because it doesn't merit a response."
 
Yet it is all so well-intentioned. As More4 CEO Peter Dale told the media, the film is meant to show the problems of a society fighting terrorism. "This is neither sensationalism nor simplification, but a drama that makes you think," Dale said. He added that he hoped people would see the good intention behind it.