Yes, it may be as simple as a father on a known list getting contacted by a propagandist to foment a known and obvious subject.
The problem is that Moore didn't include NB in the final product. And now that final product doesn't include him.
Obvious in its exclusion and obvious in its final product as a hit piece. Moore is riding high on his Canne coup and now he's got to deal with this. I guarantee he wouldn't have spilled this. It doesn't advance the film or his ideology.
This smells like CYA but the Salon angle doesn't make sense. Something got out and it isn't going to go away. This isn't some contrived marketing angle, this is real life.
I suspect someone on Moore's team made the connections and decided to get out. What I don't get is why this "someone" would go to Salon.
But, it may be as simple as "someone" trying to ride the headlines. And that would be poison for this project. Unless Moore and his gang really are the bunch of ghouls they may be.
Maybe they didn't go to Salon.
Salon is full of wacky lefties...Moore hires wacky lefties...wacky lefties talk over beer...Woila!! Story.
Check this out:
http://www.pineapple-girl.com/politics/2004_05_16_archive.htm
Just maybe, since we're all decked out in tinfoil, someone has a conscience on the Moore team.