ready for my close-up

a camera crew has been allowed "extraordinary access" to texas prosecutor ronnie earle for the past two years coinciding with his pursuit of majority leader tom delay. the filmmakers describe the forthcoming documentary "the big buy" as "a Texas noir political detective story that chronicles what some are calling a 'bloodless coup with corporate cash'" which "follows maverick Austin DA Ronnie Earle's investigation into what really happened when corporate money joined forces with relentless political ambitions to help swing the pivotal 2002 Texas elections, cementing Republican control from Austin to Washington DC."
no partisanship there right?....and it will be fair and balanced of course....

But DeLay did not cooperate with the filmmakers, and neither did a number of DeLay allies. Earle, on the other hand, did. "I had known about Ronnie Earle for a very long time," Schermbeck says. "I thought that would be an angle to approach the whole story, telling something about Tom DeLay, even though Tom DeLay wouldn't grant us an interview."

- speaking of people craving the limelight, the ny times judith miller was released from jail in order to testify. [interesting the NYT was scooped on the story...]
she's pulling out the martyr angle on tv right now at a not-so-impromptu press conference.