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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
Aaahhh, but it IS a "crime of character" when your slanted op-ed pieces are presented as unbiased truth and facts. It completely eliminates any trust the viewer can have in the validity of the facts being presented.
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Ah, but you give your own biased opinion of Moore's work as presenting slanted opinion in the guise truth and facts as the truth or fact. So I'll just call it even with that regard.
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Does Michael Moore make it known that the "facts" he is presenting are slanted to support his views? If so, then I give him credit for doing that. Of course, it isn't like anybody really expects him to present an unbiased account of the facts anyway. His reputation has preceeded him to the extent that everyone knows he slants the information presented in his films.
As for my own biased opinion, I've never made any pretense to the contrary. I probably have the same opinion of Michael Moore that you do of Rush Limbaugh (although it is possible you might actually like Rush more than I like Mike). I think he uses his films (and any public appearance he makes on behalf of his films) as his own personal political forum. I also think he goes out of his way to portray himself as a poor, helpless victim of whatever group opposes his latest work. And the argument he ALWAYS presents is "They are only mad at me because I'm telling the truth they don't want anybody to hear". So he paints himself as a champion of the underdog when he is a far cry from either adjective.
You say that the central question of BFC is "Why is America so violent?". Does Michael Moore actually offer any suggested answers to the question? I agree it is a worthwhile topic to discuss, but does he ever offer any opinion as to what the solution could be? Or is he just trying to figure out who to blame?