Poynter Online - Narrating the Recent Past: Docu- or -Drama?

ABC went and aired its 9-11 docudrama. Having a family member who was living on 14th street during the real 9-11, we did not want to re-visit or re-live or voyeur any of the incident. But lots of people did or at at least media companies were betting that folks would want to be titillated by the horror again. This is a great discussion of what the heck a "docudrama" is and what it could or should be. Entertainment is fine, and it is more educational to be entertaining than boring, but this brings up important core issues of how we tell when something is doc and when it is drama.Poynter Online - Narrating the Recent Past: Docu- or -Drama?