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Speaker crackle and the principal say, "the president has been shot." my head snapped back. >> reporter: and this star. >> if shakespeare was alive today he would have written about the kennedy family and actors would play him as a rite of passage. >> i don't know why i listened to him. >> reporter: "killing kennedy" strives to be an authentic record of what happened during his 1,000 days in office. >> how could i be so stupid? >> you are being too hard on yourselves. >> reporter: from the bay of pigs debacle. >> said i was too young, too soft on communism. and i told them i was ready. >> repo...

Kissinger, which is a great pairable and probably did happen based on what people said, i thought that was a wonderful moment. the whole movie is geared to arrive at that moment. >> "the untold history "request which we'll talk about more with your co-author, a lot is about mythology, mythologies that get wrapped around what america is. this idea of a countermyth which is the project of your uber, right -- >> maybe it is. to me the fact we had to drop the atomic bomb on japan to save american lives is a myth. and it's a myth that's been bought into by the american people. >> but one of the thi...

Until june because of pending legal action. that's what's happening. i'm alex witt. join me at noon. now back to "up with chris hayes" here on msnbc. here with oliver stone, talking about myth-making and countermyth-making. when you look at krul toural criticism on the right hollywood has, i think part of it comes from a genuine and legitimate place which is the feeling of alienation of being at center of power where you have it within your capability to create these myths, right? there's something incredibly powerful about having to be oliver stone and make films that people see. and i thin...

There's this myth-making just how violently conservative the base is, but that doesn't trickle up into actual legislation. there's no course correction. >> i think policymakers lift in an alternate university, the people they're supposed to represent. i go back and forth on whether this is because they're out of touch or if this is because this is what they actually mean to do. both parties are awash in a sea of corporate money, for example, and the people who give the money are the people who get hurt, but if you look at the republicans, for example, all of to do is look at history. what the ...

I was unable to track down any obituaries or funeral notices. we couldn't find any information about the car crash. we couldn't find any articles about that accident. i'm sympathetic to pete thamel. in the sports illustrated explanation now we know he had a deadline of two hours after he concluded that interview for what became a cover story. >> well, that -- we should all be humble and not be overly quick to point the finger when we could all find ourselves in a situation like this. on the other hand, i think in general the press has been very willing to accept and even be part of the notre d...