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PlagmanMichael Moore Angry at CNN for Objective Reporting: Publishes Open Letter
Aggravated that CNN would dare to objectively critique his latest film, which is a critique of America’s healthcare system, obese filmmaker Michael Moore has sent an open letter to the news network outlining his complaints. “I went on their show out of the goodness of my heart to talk about my movie before it was released in theaters,” said Moore in between bites of his stick of butter, “and what do they do? They objectively review the movie. Talk about ungrateful.”
In response to the letter, which CNN initially threw away but came across later on the internet, a spokesman released the following statement: “It’s ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensitive to having his own work held up to the light by impartial journalists, as we did in our examination of ‘SiCKO.’ It’s not like we pointed out the irony of a morbidly obese individual criticizing the very same healthcare system he’s going to need in the very near future.”
The spokesman continued, “We appreciate Mr. Moore’s attention to the important subject of health care and have featured him on CNN four times to discus his movie and our reporting on it. While Mr. Moore may want to continue the discussion in order to drive publicity to his movie, we have presented the facts and are comfortable letting the viewers judge for themselves.” Experts agree that it is this unbiased presentation of the facts that has roused Moore’s anger.
“We have zero vested interest in shading the numbers to tell a certain story,” concluded the spokesman.
In response to the statement, Moore replied, “To imply that I would do anything other than present all of the facts objectively is absurd. My movies are documentaries, they don’t tell a story, they just present information to the public. If I accidentally leave out 90% of some itty-bitty facts, the audience is going to pick up on that and take it into account when deciding for themselves what to believe. I only have 90 minutes, it’s not like I have two hours to present all the information. But the 10% I do report is the truth, and that’s what matters.”
Moore and all of his chins have appeared on CNN several times to discuss the issue of CNN’s lack of objective reporting, something he feels has been a problem for far too long. The letter was a result of CNN not issuing an apology, retraction, or correction for their “glaring mistakes,” even though the one mistake that CNN did admit to, apologized for, and corrected was that the US spends $7,000 per person on health versus $25 per person in Cuba, when in reality the actual figures are $6,096 for the US and $229 for Cuba. The Cuban official who reported the incorrect sum to CNN has since been executed.
Moore’s letter to CNN can be viewed in its entirety on Moore’s website: www.dunkindonuts.com.
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/moore.gupta/index.html]
In response to the letter, which CNN initially threw away but came across later on the internet, a spokesman released the following statement: “It’s ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensitive to having his own work held up to the light by impartial journalists, as we did in our examination of ‘SiCKO.’ It’s not like we pointed out the irony of a morbidly obese individual criticizing the very same healthcare system he’s going to need in the very near future.”
The spokesman continued, “We appreciate Mr. Moore’s attention to the important subject of health care and have featured him on CNN four times to discus his movie and our reporting on it. While Mr. Moore may want to continue the discussion in order to drive publicity to his movie, we have presented the facts and are comfortable letting the viewers judge for themselves.” Experts agree that it is this unbiased presentation of the facts that has roused Moore’s anger.
“We have zero vested interest in shading the numbers to tell a certain story,” concluded the spokesman.
In response to the statement, Moore replied, “To imply that I would do anything other than present all of the facts objectively is absurd. My movies are documentaries, they don’t tell a story, they just present information to the public. If I accidentally leave out 90% of some itty-bitty facts, the audience is going to pick up on that and take it into account when deciding for themselves what to believe. I only have 90 minutes, it’s not like I have two hours to present all the information. But the 10% I do report is the truth, and that’s what matters.”
Moore and all of his chins have appeared on CNN several times to discuss the issue of CNN’s lack of objective reporting, something he feels has been a problem for far too long. The letter was a result of CNN not issuing an apology, retraction, or correction for their “glaring mistakes,” even though the one mistake that CNN did admit to, apologized for, and corrected was that the US spends $7,000 per person on health versus $25 per person in Cuba, when in reality the actual figures are $6,096 for the US and $229 for Cuba. The Cuban official who reported the incorrect sum to CNN has since been executed.
Moore’s letter to CNN can be viewed in its entirety on Moore’s website: www.dunkindonuts.com.
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/15/moore.gupta/index.html]
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For instance, how can a first world country have so many people with no healthcare?
How can a first world country KICK RECOVERING PEOPLE OUT OF HOSPITALS?
Oh, because neo-cons, evangelicals and other stupid morons think it's for the good of the country.
and then some.
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THey say in it, quite clearly, 'it is not a matter of being a liberal or conservative, everyone deserves healthcare'. In fact thats how it is in many countries, no one will dare try to privatize the public health system because it isn't a matter of conservative or liberal principles, people need healthcare.
Now in the US, the situation is terrible, yes, there have been instances of kiciking people out of hospital beds because it was discovered they couldn't pay for their healthcare (no insurance), yes, there have been instances in Hospitals were people have been outright denied healthcare because of a lack of insurance. Theres been an instance in the US where a man ha slost the tip of his finger and he had to pay $16000 to hvae it re-attached when in Canada a man lost all his fingers and he had them re-attached for free.
Believing in healthcare for everyone isn't a matter of being a conservative or liberal, it's a matter of being compassionate or not, to understand that either Insurance companies must be heavily regulated or th egovernment should supply the healthcare.
In the US, neither is happening, in fact the insurance company is regulating the government. Supposedly the most powerful country in the world, and every year 18000 people die because they don't have helath insurace. Nice eh?
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In reality I don't comment on matters I haven't looked into, I see right wingers continuously bashing 'An inconvenient truth' but I'd hazzard to say they haven't seen it. Neither have I, but I don't use it in any argument, for or against, to me it's a non-issue that al gore said such and such.
So you have to understand, unless you've seen 'sicko' I can't takeyour opinions, I've seen it so I comment on it, if I hadn't seen it I wouldn't be commenting on it. In fact anyone here who is commenting on Sicko or Michael Moore in relation to his views on healthcare without actually seeing the movie has automatically lost quite a bit of credibility with me.
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I don't believe everything on film is true, what I do know is that CNN did try to debunk Michael Moore but they didn't do it very well. I also know that anythign Michael moore makes will come under heavy scrutiny so if he's wrong anywhere he's gonna have to answer, though it really wasn't the case. by and large his words were true, the US is 27th in healthcare in the world (so much for most rich and powerful?), to put that in perspective Cuba is 29th, Cuba is a third world country and is only two places below the US! Australia, france, and a variety of other countries with free healthcare placed at the t op.
We also pay less for it, about $4000 less per person, talk about a great deal eh?
The only reason free healthcare isn't available in the US and so much money is still spent on it is because the health insurers aren't regulated and congress is pretty much in its pockets. At the heart of it all that was what Michael Moore was trying to get across, that the US healthcare system is broken.
I know you probably don't want to believe me on the matter of how badly they treat patients, but they do actually kick them out of beds, literally drag them out and dump them in front of homeless shelters. You don't have to take Moores word for it, you see it for yourself.
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No doubt the US could have a better system in place. I've railed about their health care vs ours for years. But until the citizens decide to do something about it, they are stuck with what they have.
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Rudy Giulliani claims he was a '9/11 rescue worker', yet the real heroes are sick and dying, the US government has all but forgotten them.
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It isn't so much 'one hospital does it', it's the fact of the matter, it has happened. I mean, you tell me, if one infant is dumped in a trash bin seconds after birth does it make it ok? It would be unacceptable and the society that produces such a heartless woman has a problem.
Were not daeling with quantity here, were dealing with a very big issue and this is an extreme example of the problem, that average, everyday americans are denied healthcare, ultimately some of them die because of this.
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For instance here: "I've seen reports on hospitals dumping patients. It's so wide spread it must be true"
I recognize it, and respond with the following:
"It isn't so much 'one hospital does it', it's the fact of the matter, it has happened. I mean, you tell me, if one infant is dumped in a trash bin seconds after birth does it make it ok? It would be unacceptable and the society that produces such a heartless woman has a problem."
Also worth noting theres only 10 minutes dedicated to this one issue about patients being tossed out of hospitals. If you were going to make a documentary about a desensitized society and want to get the point across you will bring upan extreme example of it, it's very common to do so, basic shock tactics. Everyone does it, conservatives and liberals.
It's difficult to find any 'lies' in that documentary, heck, you probably agree with 99% of what Michael Moore says in that movie and no thats not satirical.
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Unless of course it's all just satire
Yep, it hurts. Hurts you right down to the core of your existence. You can't bring yourself to even admit it. You wanna see the documentary, you know it's interesting, you know you're going to agree with it, so you're scared of even thinking about watching it.
Ah well, tough luck. At least I know theres some sense in you, even if you're too scared to admit it
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"And it's not free in Canada as he makes it out to be"
WRONG! HE says it himself, in 'how do they afford this? they must be drowning in taxes'.
You say silly things because you haven't seen the documentary, is that clear enough for you?
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How dare you make assumptions about a man whose movies you don't even watch? Hmm?
Oh the hypocricy.
Oh, I'll say it again, Moore puts it quite clearly, on the french and public healthcare:
'how do they pay for all this? they are drowning in taxes'.
He never said it was free as you thought, why not watch the movie, you don't have to agree with it but at least you won't sound dumb when commenting on it
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