re: Moore

McFly — 5/19/2004 7:58:40 PM (archived)

...when it turns out that most of the film is staged, misleading, or outright lies...

If it's as bad as that, then of course "it's just showbiz, after all" won't begin to excuse it. Nothing would.

If one grants that Moore is a documentarian rather than a propogandist (I know, an impossible stretch for some people), then imho he's got an ethical responsibility to avoid things like re-enactment without letting the viewers know that's what they're watching, or simple outright misrepresentation. Having a viewpoint is obviously not a license to lie.

If he's dropped the ball in that regard, the matter has to become part of the dabate surrounding the film. I'm sure O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Dennis Miller would gladly (and rightly) make it an issue.

Then the public will decide what to make of it.

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"Fahrenheit 911" opens in Cannes, France - Lindy - 5/19/2004 5:06:30 AM
- Moore is both a RACIST and a HYPOCRITE!!!..I'm white, and male, and I'm NOT ASHAMED of being EITHER!!...UNLIKE THAT RACIST-HYPOCRITE, MR. MOORE!!! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/19/2004 8:14:32 PM
  - re: Some impression - Raoul - 5/19/2004 11:02:15 PM
    - re: Some impression - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2004 3:32:17 AM
      - re: Some impression - Raoul - 5/20/2004 8:17:02 AM
        
        Why do I call Moore a liar? - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2004 4:22:47 PM
        
        I heard he got a 20 minute standing ovation at the end of the movie - Lindy - 5/21/2004 3:46:16 AM
        
        Nobody ever disappointed a Cannes audience by crapping on America (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2004 4:35:08 AM
        
        re:Only a certain America (n/t) - Raoul - 5/21/2004 10:18:16 PM
    - Revulsion yes, fear hardly - FrankC - 5/19/2004 11:36:26 PM
      - Don't like the way he smells? Funny! (n/t) - alcaray - 5/19/2004 11:41:22 PM
        
        I confess - FrankC - 5/19/2004 11:47:54 PM
        
        Were you really down-wind of him? (becoming successively less subtle) (n/t) - alcaray - 5/20/2004 5:16:03 PM
        
        LOL - FrankC - 5/20/2004 5:42:39 PM
        
        Bottom line obvious, now: so you picked it from a published list of things conservatives are supposed not to like about Moore? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/20/2004 11:31:14 PM
        
        re: Bottom line - FrankC - 5/21/2004 12:27:52 AM
        
        Oh yeah? Well Bush stinks too! (n/t) - alcaray - 5/21/2004 3:22:44 PM
        
        sources please :) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/21/2004 3:27:11 PM
        
        People's choice - alcaray - 5/21/2004 4:04:03 PM
- Sure hope we get a chance to see it soon. - McFly - 5/19/2004 2:09:13 PM
  - If you are interested... - FrankC - 5/19/2004 9:27:22 PM
    - Thanks for the link, Frank. (n/t) - McFly - 5/20/2004 1:56:16 PM
  - re: Moore - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2004 5:57:49 PM
    - re: Moore - McFly - 5/19/2004 7:58:40 PM
- Hopefully... - Donald - 5/19/2004 1:45:10 PM

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