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Moore Caught in another fabrication
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Posted on 07/31/2004 4:21:59 PM PDT by Company Man

The Pantagraph July 30, 2004

Pantagraph to Moore: Headline use 'misleading'

By Bill Flick

BLOOMINGTON -- The Pantagraph has a message for Michael Moore, creator of the movie hit, "Fahrenheit 9/11":

If he wants to "edit" The Pantagraph, he should apply for a copy-editing job and not simply show made-over and "falsely represented" pages from the newspaper in his movie -- or he should at least ask for permission first.

In a letter drafted Thursday and sent to Moore and the movie's Santa Monica, Calif.-based distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, the newspaper admonished him for his "unauthorized ... misleading" use of The Pantagraph in the film. He also was cited for copyright infringement.

"While we are highly flattered to be included in the movie," said Pantagraph President and Publisher Henry Bird, "we are a bit disturbed that our pages were misrepresented."

Previous attempts to reach Moore through Lions Gate by phone and e-mail were unsuccessful.

In a moment early in the movie, newspaper headlines from around America that relate to the legally contested 2000 presidential election flash across the screen. One of them is purported to be from a Dec. 19, 2001, edition of The Pantagraph.

But a check of that day's newspaper revealed the large headline prominently flashed in the movie -- "Latest Florida recount shows Gore won election" -- never appeared in that edition.

Instead, the headline appeared in a Dec. 5, 2001, edition -- but not as a news headline. It was in much smaller type above a letter to the editor. Those headlines reflect only the opinions of the letter writer and are not considered "factual" news stories.

The letter calls into question the ethics of how Moore made his movie, a movie whose primary purpose is to call into question the ethics of the Bush White House.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: michaelmoore; moore; moorelies; pantagraph; rasmussen
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The gist: The film maker created his own news headline, from much smaller type above a letter to the editor.

It amazes me how this buffoon can get lionized by the liberal media, by making a movie questioning Bush's ethics, while readily demonstrating that he is completely unethical himself~!

1 posted on 07/31/2004 4:22:00 PM PDT by Company Man
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To: Company Man
Don't know why but for some reason this photo comes to mind:
2 posted on 07/31/2004 4:25:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("A republic, if we can revive it")
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To: Company Man
It simply shows you how mentally diseased they've become. And Pig Dung is one of the jesters in this Carnival Of Freaks.


3 posted on 07/31/2004 4:28:52 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Liberals cannot lead, if we refuse to follow..........)
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To: Company Man

Thank You for your attention to detail. Micheal Moore is very dangerous for more reasons thatn the obvious. I am in a unit that is geting ready to deploy to Iraq and this movie could not have come at a worse time. His movie is dangerous to the moral of good fighting men and this could prove fatal in the future.I now spend much of my free time rebutting the lies and distortions of his propoganda. So again, thanks for making my job a little easier.


4 posted on 07/31/2004 4:31:46 PM PDT by martywake
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To: Company Man
Bravo, a well written story by this newspaper, non ideological, non combative, and fact base. In essence it is everything that Moore himself is not. I think things like this could actually wake up some of his quasi-supportive more reasonable followers. Your leader is a snake-oil saleman with 0 credability. Something has to shake them up, for their own sake, if Bush wins the election these extremists are going to go reaching for a gun...oh wait they wouldn't do that, it would be hypocritical....then again we are talking about liberals and hypocracy has never stopped them before.
5 posted on 07/31/2004 4:31:56 PM PDT by PeoplesRep_of_LA (Recall David Dreier)
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To: martywake

you all be careful out there!

BTW, welcome to Freeper Land


6 posted on 07/31/2004 4:35:10 PM PDT by bitt
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To: martywake
This may help your cause...

Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11

Stay safe and thank you for your service!!!

7 posted on 07/31/2004 4:51:15 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: martywake

Thank you for your service to Our Country.


8 posted on 07/31/2004 4:55:09 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Company Man
Moore Caught in another fabrication

I'm surprised any fabric can contain him.

9 posted on 07/31/2004 4:57:19 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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To: martywake

Forget the movie, Real Americans support you, and we here stand by you 1000%!


10 posted on 07/31/2004 4:59:29 PM PDT by RaceBannon (God Bless Ronald Reagan, and may America Bless God!)
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To: Company Man
Funny how this only comes to light after the movie has already been seen by everyone that was planning to see it.
11 posted on 07/31/2004 5:03:16 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (we use the ¡°ml maximize¡± command in Stata to obtain estimates of each aj , bj, and cm.)
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To: Company Man

Michael Moore is a political hemorrhoid.


12 posted on 07/31/2004 5:05:57 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((There is nothing less than Moore))))
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To: Company Man

If the fact were on Moors side… why does he fake and fabricate so much?


13 posted on 07/31/2004 5:07:26 PM PDT by tophat9000
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To: Company Man

It will be news if Moore ever tells the truth about anything.


14 posted on 07/31/2004 5:30:20 PM PDT by OldFriend (IF IT'S KERRY.....HELL IS ON THE WAY)
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To: martywake

Thank you for serving....Will keep you and yours in our prayers.


15 posted on 07/31/2004 5:53:18 PM PDT by hoosiermama (prayers for all)
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To: Viking2002
HA HA HA, well said my friend.
16 posted on 07/31/2004 6:18:01 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (Cevapcici and Slivovitz......for everyone)
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To: Company Man
I'm amazed that they still call this movie a documentary.

-PJ

17 posted on 07/31/2004 6:24:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: All

Some of kerry's, moore's and the demoCommiecRATS friends are listed below:

http://www.cpusa.org/

http://www.dsausa.org/

DSA's "Progressive Caucus" Links below:

http://bernie.house.gov/pc/

http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp

They are the Enemy Within!!!!


18 posted on 07/31/2004 6:27:53 PM PDT by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin
I was at the Comicon in San Diego last Saturday. Ray Bradbury was a guest speaker there and he related how he had called Pig Boy and requested that the Pigmeister change the title of his movie. Mr. Piggy hadn't returned Ray Bradbury's call after six months. Moore has all the class of a cracked toilet seat.
19 posted on 07/31/2004 6:55:48 PM PDT by Che Chihuahua (John Kerry--Threat or Menace?)
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To: tsmith130
"This may help your cause...
Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11

Stay safe and thank you for your service!!!"

WOW, that's great. Emailing to all my liberal acquaintances, Thanks!
20 posted on 07/31/2004 7:02:37 PM PDT by beef ("Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the earth.")
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