In terms of your first point, I think it's never safe to say "X was written about Y" except in the case of "Martial XI:19 was written about 5:00 on a Wednesday afternoon." Saying "X is about Y" is or "X deals with Y" is both safer and stronger.
In terms of your question, the difference is that Reagan's interpretation of the song is only supported at all by the chorus, so the text itself can be shown to fit Springsteen's stated interpretation better than Reagan's. (or Atwater's, or whoever.) Bradbury's interpretation of the book as an anti-television work is, in my opinion, not as well supported as an interpretation as an anti-censorship book.
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Date: 2007-06-05 03:27 am (UTC)In terms of your question, the difference is that Reagan's interpretation of the song is only supported at all by the chorus, so the text itself can be shown to fit Springsteen's stated interpretation better than Reagan's. (or Atwater's, or whoever.) Bradbury's interpretation of the book as an anti-television work is, in my opinion, not as well supported as an interpretation as an anti-censorship book.