http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/helms_biographer_aimed_for_balance Comments for "Helms biographer aimed for balance" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/helms_biographer_aimed_for_balance <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Independent filmmaker John Wilson tried hard to be evenhanded.</p><p>He <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/880723.html">told</a> the N&amp;O&#39;s TV critic, Danny Hooley, that he wanted his new documentary, &quot;Senator No,&quot; on former U.S. Sen. <a href="/profiles/jesse_helms">Jesse Helms</a>, to be objective and balanced. Otherwise, he said, viewers with strong feelings would stop watching: </p><blockquote><p>&quot;A lot of people have very strong and polarizing feelings about Helms, one way or the other,&quot; Wilson says. &quot;What I really wanted to do was try to present to people information about Helms that they might not otherwise find out—and that they might not really want to know. Maybe [I could] show people who hate Helms why so may people love him, and show people who love Helms why so many people hate him.&quot; </p></blockquote><p>Dome watched the documentary last night and gives it two thumbs way up. &quot;Senator No&quot; airs tonight at 9 p.m. on <a href="http://www.unctv.org/">UNC-TV</a>. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/helms_biographer_aimed_for_balance#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/helms_biographer_aimed_for_balance#comment Jesse Helms John Wilson UNC-TV Under the Dome Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:05:54 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 4340 at http://projects.newsobserver.com