On Thu 16 Sep 2004 at 19:47:04, Josh Coates said: > where he started "making stuff up" to manipulate his audience, though i > understand the manipulation in f911 is not nearly as blatant (i dont plan on > seeing the film, so i really dont know.)
This is an interesting statement I've heard many, many times about Michael Moore's films, especially F911. Just out of curiosity, how many people here *have* seen F911? If you don't want to admit it to the group, just email me off list. I'd be interested to see. I saw F911, enjoyed it a lot, and thought it was a very good film. Sure, some of his conclusions are a bit of a stretch, but the fact that some of the footage he uses even exists hints that he's on to something. The reason I don't have serious issues with Moore's bias -- despite the fact that I'm no fan of Bush either -- is that he's at least blatant and honest about it. Too many other media sources (::cough::foxnews::cough::) are similarly biased, but nevertheless make pretenses about being unbiased. Moore may or may not be manipulative and dishonest about his conclusions, but at least he isn't dishonest about his objective: to bring Bush down. The pro-Bush media may or may not be manipulative and dishonest about their conclusions, but they *are* dishonest about their objective: to parrot the party line and keep everyone else doing the same. -- Soren Harward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://theboard.byu.edu/ "Americans are always attempting to run away from conformity, but unfortunately they always start running in the same direction." -- Art Buchwald
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