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an actually credible nuetral source to back the oft repeated opinion "Moore twists the truth" would be nice for a change
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There are numerous sites that compile lots of credible sources to argue against Moore's previous movies, both the big issues and the small nit-picky ones. Do we have to link them all in every thread? Anyway, some are linked in this thread. If you haven't seen them, you're blind. Or maybe you're just using the Moore style of argument.
I'm still looking for backup for the statement I made about the new flick. Here's what I have so far:
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Move America Forward has viewed footage of the movie and reviewed transcripts from portions of the films. The group claims the movie contains several misleading and inaccurate assertions:
Moore asserts that in the days immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks President Bush whisked Osama bin Laden’s family out of the country because of a secret alliance. Actually, the group points out, terrorism czar Richard Clarke, a strong critic of President Bush, took full responsibility for the unilateral action and said he "would do it again."
Moore, the group says, tried to paint congressmen who voted for the war as hypocrites because their own family members were not being sent to fight in the war on terrorism. Rep. Mark Kennedy, R-Minn., explained to Moore on camera that he has two nephews in the military, one who has just been deployed in the Army National Guard and would be headed to Afghanistan in the next month. Moore cut Kennedy’s response from the film and instead packaged the segment to suggest that Kennedy and other Members of Congress were unwilling to have their own family members serve in the war on terrorism, according to the congressman. Kennedy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "It's representative of the fact that Michael Moore doesn't always give the whole story, and he's a master of the misleading."
Moore says his film supports the troops, but then boasted to the London-based newspaper the Guardian that he had sneaked film crews into Iraq to document improper acts committed by soldiers. He then gushed: "Half the movie is about Iraq – we were able to get film crews embedded with American troops without them knowing it was Michael Moore. They are totally f---ed." Last week Moore told the San Francisco Chronicle he was proud of the fact that his film showed our troops as "dazed and confused" and paralyzed with a Vietnam-like syndrome.
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http://www.moveamericaforward.com/NewsMax/
I know you won't like the source. Fine -- refute the alleged facts.
It is impossible to take a completely logical look at Moore and not realize he puts a mighty spin on things. He gets too busy frothing at the mouth and trying to make a strong point -- the absolute truth would lead him to weaker points that are more valid and still support his political position. All a newsman/documentarian has to sell us is his credibility -- one should not take it lightly.
[ 06-17-2004, 01:31 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]