Comments on: On Moore

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 22:22:35 +0000

This is like what he did with Stupid White Men.

He stated that the book was factual over and over, but when people called him on specific things he’d asserted that simply weren’t true, his response was “how can there be inaccuracy in comedy?”

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:50:58 +0000

Xrlq:

*Sigh* Now if only the Right would put those same critical analysis skills to work on Bush’s pre-Iraq-war speeches…

By: skb

skb — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:10:53 +0000

“intentionally misleading fact”.

Hahaha. Good one.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:04:44 +0000

THat’s his MO, like in bowling when he didn’t say the NRA and the KKK were related but he sure tried like hell to imply it.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:28:23 +0000

It’s not technically an error, just one of many intentionally misleading facts. He doesn’t exactly go out of his way to point out that the airspace had been reopened. Doing so – or even mentioning whose decision it was – would have defeated the whole point of showing that segment.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:18:59 +0000

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

By: skb

skb — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:52:31 +0000

Re. your link…

There is no assertion in the movie that any Saudis were shuttled out of the country before the FAA re-opened the airspace. He shows flight logs with the date 9/13. This “error” is an urban myth.

By: Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:42:10 +0000

Farenheit 9/11: satire, humor, or documentary?

I don’t know, but I suspect it’s mainly B.S.