The myths of Moore that are sold as facts

The Scotsman ^ | Wednesday, 19th May 2004 | FRASER NELSON

[Red6]

Good cartoon!!!! :)

But his movie WILL sell well. Despite inacuaracy just like in Bowling for Columbine, he caters to an audience that selectivly buys that product and consumes those media products that tell then what they want to hear, not what is factually true. So a few idiots in the US and large numbers abroad will gladley consume he's low brow, psuedo-intelectual, somewhat based on truth, agenda pushing garbage. It tells them what they want to hear and the Germans and many others want to hear this and are willing to pay for it. So while the Germans with less than 1/3 the population had 2 incidences after Columbine, one in which more people were killed at a school. They still are very much for gun control and focus in on this kind of stuff and consume it.

I'm from Fairbanks!

[atomicpossum]

How accepting this kid is of leftist drivel! Has he made any attempt to check the “facts” (like watch the news) or does he assume that because Mr. Moore is rich and famous and makes movies he just must be truthful?

This is why, when Moore's next little cinematic lie comes out I hope there's a long, coordinated line of people ready to mobilize to expose it for what it is....lies, lies, lies. Otherwise, the casual observer is going to be spouting the drivel all the way to the (Democratic) voting booth.

[AmericanMade1776]

[AmericanMade1776]

[King Prout]

datum.

[AmericanMade1776]

[R. Scott]

I try to educate such idiots at every opportunity, sometimes I even succeed.

[Taps]

www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com

A film is being made on Moore, and will show him for what he is. The website tells you about it... pass it on!

[apackof2]

If you are interested in becoming an investor in the film, please email invest@michaelmoorehatesamerica.com for an informational packet.

If every one who frequents FR gave just $5.00 bucks, this thing could take off, Mel where are you?

[R. Scott]

Thanks - it's passed on.

[Howlin]

In the days after the 11 September terrorist attacks, President Bush allowed his friends in the Saudi Arabian royal family to flee America when a no-fly ban was firmly in place.

This is a DAMN lie.

[Howlin]

September 13, 2001 (F)

After a complete airflight ban in the US begun during the 9/11 attacks, some commercial flights begin resuming this day. However, all private flights are still banned from flying. Nonetheless, some private flights do take place, carrying Saudi royalty and members of the bin Laden family to transit points so they can leave the country. These flights take place even as fighters escort down three other private planes attempting to fly. Most of the Saudi royals and bin Ladens in the US at the time are high school or college students and young professionals. New York Times, 9/30/01, Vanity Fair, 10/03] One of the flights is a Lear Jet that leaves from a private Raytheon hangar in Tampa, Florida (see also September 25, 2001) and takes three Saudis to Lexington, Kentucky. [Tampa Tribune, 10/5/01] Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassador to the US who is so close to the Bush family that he is nicknamed “Bandar Bush,” pushes for and helps arrange the flights at the request of frightened Saudis. Vanity Fair, 10/03, CBC, 10/29/03 (D)] For two years, a violation of the air ban is denied by the FAA, FBI, and White House, and decried as an urban legend except for one article detailing them in a Tampa newspaper (Tampa Tribune, 10/5/01). Finally in 2003, Richard Clarke, National Security Council Chief of Counterterrorism confirms the existence of these flights, and Secretary of State Powell confirms them as well. [Vanity Fair, 10/03, MSNBC, 9/7/03] But the White House is still silent on the matter. [New York Times 9/4/03] The Saudis are evacuated to Saudi Arabia over the next several days (see September 14-19, 2001).

[Howlin]

It drives me insane when I read the "Bush kept reading to school children" and the "he let the bin Ladens flee the country" rants!