[eddie willers]

If the only place in Fayetteville showing it has only 125 seats....and if those 125 seats are all sold, it is....in all truth, SOLD OUT.

This is NOT the hill to die on.

[Numbers Guy]

If the only place in Fayetteville showing it has only 125 seats....and if those 125 seats are all sold, it is....in all truth, SOLD OUT. This is NOT the hill to die on.

It's not a lie by Moore, but the fact that the theatre holds only 125 people provides a tremendous amount of context. And any decent reporter would have checked that out for themselves. Not that someone working for the Slimes is likely to be a decent reporter.

[blam]

"This is NOT the hill to die on."

Whew, thanks.

[endthematrix]

One screen out of six showed his movie...1/6th of total capacity (125 persons). That is NOT sold out.

[Doctor Raoul]

Have I asked anyone to scream, "Banzi" yet?

It is however a good thing to let people know that Moore is a liar. And with this, he is a liar.

You don't have to tell an outright lie, you can shade the truth with your words and deliberately let someone go away with the wrong idea.

That's what he did here. Claiming "sellout" in the home of Fort Bragg is meant to leave the reader with the impression that large numbers of soldiers saw the film, implying their support. Well he rigged the game and there was no such support.

[kristinn]

It's a lie of omission. He's bragging the movie sold out in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg, using that as a propaganda coup. From Moore's quote you'd think thousands of Fayetteville residents and military families dropped everything this weekend to stand in line for the movie. T'ain't so. That's Moore's lie.

[July 4th]

Yup, not worth a fight, but a fun fact. Drudge just mentioned it on his radio show.