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The Treatment

Stefan Forbes

Before the Swift Boat Veterans and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, Lee Atwater treated political ads as trailers for horror films. Director Stefan Forbes' new documentary, Boogie Man, examines Atwater and the wages of fear.

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By Elvis Mitchell • Oct 29, 2008 • 30m Listen

Before the Swift Boat Veterans and the dirty tricks of Karl Rove, Lee Atwater treated political ads as trailers for horror films. Director Stefan Forbes' new documentary, Boogie Man, examines Atwater and the wages of fear.

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    Elvis Mitchell

    host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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