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Re: Michael Moore sued for lying?
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Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:47:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
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It seems that Moore played it a
little too fast and loose in F-9/11. A newspaper was shown on screen with
“Latest Florida recount shows Al Gore won election” as its headline. The
Pantagraph of Bloomington Illinois, which is the newspaper in question,
apparently took significant umbrage at this, as the “headline” was actually
the title attached to a letter to the editor that was buried deep within the
paper. They’re now suing him for one million dollars and asking that he
apologize.
I’ll be terribly amused if this screws his shot at getting another Oscar for
“Best Documentary”, but what’s more interesting is how this is going to end
up playing right into the GOP’s hands. Moore is one of those individuals who
is worshipped by his followers and despised by most everyone else, so his
movies tend to further alienate anyone who wasn’t already on the bandwagon as
it is, meaning that much of rural America will be more likely to vote for
GWB as a result of any perceived personal attack on a President that they
have an easier time associating with. Being able to show that he fudged the
facts to suit his message is just going to fuel a new wave of backlash, but
it also hurts the Dems ability to ride his coattails without looking like
history revisionists themselves.
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This appeared the other day somewhere else (Los Angeles Times?). The really big
difference was that they were reported as asking for $1 (note the significant
lack of the word “million”) in compensation for damages (a token amount so that
they can claim that they were correct and got satisfaction from Moore).
So, anyone else know if it is $1 or $1,000,000?
-->Bruce<--
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| (...) This link (which I got to via: (URL) which I got to via a google search for Pantagraph and Moore ) would tell you, I bet. (URL) the first article down However it's wasn't worth 2.95 to *me* to find out. Perhaps it is to someone else. However (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| It seems that (URL) Moore played it a little too fast and loose in F-9/11>. A newspaper was shown on screen with "Latest Florida recount shows Al Gore won election" as its headline. The Pantagraph of Bloomington Illinois, which is the newspaper in (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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