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Originally posted by Flame On@Sep 6 2004, 11:55 PM
Well Captain I do watch CTV news and the CBC news and many other sources, including the best news reporters in the world, the BBC (IMO). I also sometimes check out the agrivating Dennis Miller and religiously the Daily show. My point was that I always find it funny that the news groups and the right question Moore and say he has an agenda. Yes. He's up front about that. But Fox who disguises themselves as a news broadcaster and by virtue no agenda, patently does. So I don't have a problem with people having a problem with Michael Moore and his tactics, but I think CNN and the like are far more insidious. I don't rate most US news sources (and I only comment on the ones i see by media and such) with much quality. Even if they have no slant, I don't think they paint the whole picture which can be worse.
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Chances are within every pile of stinky poop there's a nugget of truth and thats true with almost any news agency, and even Michael Moore himself or Rush Limbaugh
If anything they're all the same, they might start with something that they find truthful, but in thier effort to hammer thier point across they cover it over with untruths, fiction, and outright lie's
Michael Moore at base might have a good message, but because its so hard to know whats truthful and whats not, I have no use for him. the same with Rush, and other people.
there's a neat little quote in the book.
and its by Albert Maysles who made Salesman and give me shelter, two very good documentaries
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Our culture is so confuse about what the truth is and our ability to arrive at it. Most believe in cynicism and you can't ever tell the truth. Others go overboard on the other end and believe that we all tell the truth. Those are the people that went to see Bowling for Columbine in Droves and bought into it because it was the biggest documentary of all times and won awards everywhere
But that's the hypocrisy. Its the judge who turns to the witness to be and says 'do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god'
I've yet to hear a witness who has answered 'look Mister, I'll do the best I can."