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Thread #77715   Message #1390106
Posted By: GUEST
27-Jan-05 - 07:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: Michael Moore & Mel Gibson Snubbed
Subject: RE: BS: Michael Moore & Mel Gibson Snubbed
Hey Nerd. I agree. The most ridiculous, ignorant criticisms of Moore are that he isn't "objective" and he doesn't make documentaries because he doesn't use "facts". Which is, of course, a crock. He has an army of researchers who work for his production company. The film 'F 9/11' was mostly film footage from the networks and/or their correspondents.

The people who badmouthed the film mostly never even saw it--they were just echoing what they heard from the right wing echo chamber. The mainstream media whores HATED the film, because it made them look really, really bad. Deservedly so, considering they were cheerleaders for war in the post-9/11 game, especially in the case of Iraq, where the US media's reporting was at complete odds with the reporting of the media in the rest of the world. 'F 9/11' showed how frighteningly clear it has become that the US mainstream media is now functioning as the propaganda wing of the US government.

And you know, I could have like The Mel's film, if he had only shown that Jesus' fate was no different than that of any other criminal being crucified in those times. But then, that passion thing wouldn't seem extraordinary, now would it?