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Originally posted by 4X4@Feb 23 2005, 03:21 AM
Well, I'm not really going to say that all news stations, or that political administrations are doing this.
Moore's "documentaries" are so full of garbage, it amazes me. He creates impressions of situations and claims that it is fact. Moore is the equivelant of the National Enquirer if you want to talk about news outlets. When he starts rambling, there may be some fact mixed in with the trash, but hey, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Let me ask you: how much of what he says do you believe? (50%, 80, 20?)
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Well, I'm going to say that _all_ news stations and political administrations do 'this', by which I assume you mean 'spin' a story from their point of view. How can they not? No one has an all-encompassing, altruistic image of the world that they can share objectively. The best one can do is try to find the truth and present it... the worst, actively hide and distort the truth. If you think Moore is actively trying to hide and distort truth, you might be right. I'd wonder at his motives though... I know governments have things to hide and protect, as well as corporations. Moore interests are.... tacos? I suppose you could make the argument that he's making a lot of cash out of this, but I'm sure for a guy of his talent he could have been less contentious and still very professionally successful.
Moore is the equivalent of the National Enquirer? I'd agree with that, as long as you agree that Bush is a stupid, gun-toting maniac bent on destroying anyone or anything not 'American'. Both examples are extreme, wrong, and filled with bias.
It sounds to me that you've decided, whether based on ideology or personal taste, that Michael Moore is someone you heartily dislike. I'd even venture (gasp) to suggest you're probably a 'right-winger' or 'conservative', or at least find yourself agreeing with that 'side'. As such, I'll dismiss your baseless crap flinging at Michael Moore as just that. You hate the guy, fine, half the people out there do. That doesn't make the other half wrong.
Let me ask you: how much of what the Bush administration says do you believe? 50%? 80? 20?