‘Us Weekly’ Editor Has Michael Moore 'Sicko' Fever

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The international press is currently enthralled with the Cannes Film Festival, and the usual celebrity suspects who push the agenda of the Left at such events. Bradley Jacobs, an editor for "Us Weekly," appeared on Monday's "American Morning" and reported on two such celebrities and their current projects - Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Moore. Jacobs was particularly enthusiastic about Moore and his last two film projects, and gushed, "I was a big fan and proponent of ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,' and I have to say that I thought ‘Sicko' was even better."

Jacobs, who was reporting live from Cannes, even went so far to make a personal appeal of sorts for "Sicko," the latest film from Moore.

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It's -- of course, is about the health care industry in the U.S. It focuses on the 50 million people that don't have it. But, moreover, it focuses on the rest of us who do have health care and how many people with health care are still forced to go into poverty because of the high costs of health care and because they're often wrongly refused treatment by their health care providers. It's very emotional. It's -- he manages to make you cry and laugh. There's a lot of levity in it, and I think it's actually going to be seen as a very important film.

In response, host John Roberts only went so far to say, "We should point out, too, Bradley, that there were a lot of people who had a contrary opinion about 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'"

Earlier in the segment, Jacobs and Roberts discussed "The Eleventh Hour," DiCaprio's "environmental film" which was apparently inspired by Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."

BRADLEY JACOBS: Well, I interviewed Leo this weekend, and he said that, if it weren't for Al Gore's film, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' he probably wouldn't have been able to even make 'The 11th Hour,' nor get all this attention. People are saying it's very strong, and it helps the environmental cause. Leo himself has taken some knocks while he's been here, of course, but he's -- he's been very strong and he's holding forth. He says he drives a hybrid, he has solar paneling, but if you can't afford those things, what you should be doing, his message is, vote with your dollars....

JOHN ROBERTS: He got a little testy, didn't he, during a press conference? People were suggesting that he was flying across the Atlantic in a privatet and what was that doing to help global warming and fuel consumption? He had an answer for that, though, didn't he?

JACOBS: Yes. And people also criticized Al Gore for that at that conference. He said don't shoot the messenger. You know, the message, these people, himself and Al Gore, are trying to get the message across about the environment. And the way they travel should not -- you know, it's sort of incidental. That's his point. Don't shoot the messenger; we're trying to get this message out.

ROBERTS: DiCaprio also insisting that he took a commercial flight, not a private plane....

It guess it's no big deal for Jacobs or Roberts that DiCaprio had a pretty lame answer to the questions about his "carbon footprint."

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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Don't shoot the messenger!Thi

Don't shoot the messenger!

Think I'll use that one...let's see, Bush talking about the war on terror...Dr. Dobson talking about gay marriage and abortion...Rush talking about illegal aliens...

Michael Moron

I'm just glad that Michael Moore finally got around to making a movie about himself.

SICKO.

Somebody better warn Castro a

Somebody better warn Castro about the huge increase of people to his medical system. Sure hope Moore tells the rest of the world too, so everybody can be healed.

"Filmmaker Michael Moore

"Filmmaker Michael Moore's brilliant and uplifting new documentary, "Sicko," deals with the failings of the U.S. healthcare system, both real and perceived."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273875,00.html

Ha ha ha ha! Yeah!

Reality has a well known liberal bias.

waka says: "...the failings of the U.S. healthcare system"

"...the failings of the U.S. healthcare system, both real and perceived"   

That quote sounds rational to me.      But it's funny to you because....?  

waka...read Michael Moore...n

waka...read Michael Moore...nuff said...

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Does America have a health ca

Does America have a health care system that doesn't always work?  Yes.  Does Michael Moore have a point that insurance companies are partly to blame.  I'd say yes.

But does America still have the best health care system in the world?  I would say yes to that too.  No system is going to be perfect and the way to solve the problem certainly isn't to go to fully socialized medicine (not sure if that's what Moore advocates, but since he's a huge fan of Cuba, I'd say he probably is).  Plus, where does Michael Moore go for healthcare?  America?  If so, he should just shut up.

My wife is a PA and her idea is to have some form of socialized medicine, but make it very "bare bones" and put restrictions on it.  Everyone will have some type of coverage, but to get great health care you would need to pay for it.

In terms of the "50 million" uninsured - how many of those are illegal aliens?  And, how many of those people have big screen TV's, new cars and nice houses?  I'd be willing to bet that many of those people in that category have enough money for insurance, they just opt to not have it, or to spend it on other things.

Thoughts?

Dutch

Just because Moore uses the

Just because Moore uses the American health care system doesn't mean he can't criticize it.

It's not just that he critici

It's not just that he criticizes the US healthcare system; of course that's fair game.  It's that he raves and raves about socialized medicine in Cuba and Canada all the time.  So, if he does in fact not use those systems he adores and uses the one he criticizes, there is some hypocrisy there and he should shut up.

Dutch

So he's a hypocrite because h

So he's a hypocrite because he criticizes the American health care system, when he can just as easily renounce his American citizenship and become either a Canadian or Cuban, more there, and use their health care systems?

That would be nice

That would be nice... but then Moore would find out that he is not so special. The moment that he renounces his citizenship here (God, how that would be nice) and moves to Canada, or Cuba -- he doesn't get special treatment because of his money. He's subject to the waitline like all the others. Funny... there are Canadians that live in the United States for half the year, just so they can receive medical treatment. There's a waitline of several years, I believe, in Canada, just to see a doctor.

However, I must say -- your statement doesn't make much sense. You question whether he is a hypocrite, and then point out that he doesn't renounce his citizenship to go to where he deems is paradise? Yeah, that does make him a hypocrite. If life is so perfect there... GO there.


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

And I still say that just bec

And I still say that just because you criticize something in this country doesn't mean you want to leave.

Did I say that?

I don't believe that I said that he wants to leave because he criticized anything. Going over my previous post... nope, didn't say that at all.


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

Mr. Bishop, I am so sick of t

Mr. Bishop, I am so sick of this line

"There's a waitline of several years, I believe, in Canada, just to see a doctor...."

It is a myth! I've told this story once before but I guess I've have  to tell it one more time.

About 15 years ago on Dec 23 (note the date) we rushed my dad to a Toronto hospital because he had chest pains. The doctor after examination told us dad would not be home for Christmas...the next day he did the bypass.

Also I've raised three daughters and NEVER had any problems getting health care for them. My only concern is that our famly doctor is nearing retirement age.

It is a myth! I've told this

It is a myth! I've told this story once before but I guess I've have to tell it one more time.

GASP! Say it ain't so! That's one of my favorite conservative lines!

As was said

Again... Canadians that come here, are the ones that tell me that. You have a problem, you take it up with the "obviously" dilusional Canadians that are spreading such a horrible lie...


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

I don't know that there is a

I don't know that there is a waitline of several years to see a doctor, but I do know that there can be a wait of up to months for surgeries and other specialized things in Canada. 

As an aside, it doesn't surprise me that someone with chest pains rushed into an ER (I'm presuming) is given prime treatment.  I would expect this to happen.  It doesn't necessarily disprove that there are wait times for other procedures and appointments though.

Dutch

Must be a lot of Canadians who believe that "myth"

Must be a lot of Canadians who believe that "myth", because they constantly come across the border to have medical work done at their own expense.

BTW, I used to recruit Canadian Nurses to work in the U.S. and they have many times confirmed the poor state (compared to the U.S.) of medical care in Canada.

No it's not

I have a dozen friends in Canada -- Alberta and some in Quebec... they all tell me the same thing. You have a problem with it, you take it up with the Canadians that say it, not me.


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

Also

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolly... gee whiz -- chest pains? Emergency? Amazing... an emergency situation gets an immediate attention... that's nice. However, it doesn't address the situation of simply seeing a doctor -- which is what I mentioned previously. Oh, and as I mentioned just above this one -- if it's such a "myth", then you take it up with the Canadians that come to the United States for the faster service, not me.


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

From what I understand Michae

From what I understand Michael Moore's already a Canadian citizen so he wouldn't have to renounce anything.  He could have his healthcare needs taken care of in Canada.  So, if he chooses then to have his healthcare in America while having the option to have socialized medicine and then advocates the glories of socialized medicine and the evils of the American system, then yes he would be a hypocrite.

Of course, I prefaced all this originally by saying "if" he did this.  If he didn't, then you can ignore my arguments.

If true

If what you are saying is true DD -- it paints the perfect hypocritical picture of Moore. While Moore receives the Canadian "insurance", if you will, he receives his actual care here in the United States. Canadians are well known for coming to the United States for their actual needs because they can get in to be treated, instead of waiting in the long 2 year waiting lists. What Moore does... is he gets the free healthcare on the bill of the Canadian taxpayer, from the good old United States... wow... what's not hypocritical about that?


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

I need to correct what I said

I need to correct what I said above.  From what I can tell from searching on the internet (i know, take it with a grain of salt), Moore is NOT a Canadian citizen as he was born in America, but has been offered honorary Canadian citizenship by a Mayor of one of the cities of Canada.

So, I will amend my original point in granting that it would be difficult for Moore to go elsewhere for treatment at the current time.  However, if Moore loves socialized medicine so much, I would say he needs to at least try to become a dual citizen of America & Canada so he can then experience socialized medicine. 

Dutch

From what I understand Micha

From what I understand Michael Moore's already a Canadian citizen

Bzzzt. That is incorrect.

Yep, I caught my mistake too.

Yep, I caught my mistake too.  Thanks for catching it as well. 

Dutch

I'm about as right-leaning as

I'm about as right-leaning as you can get, and even I know that Michael Moore might have a point this time. Our HMO-PPO system of medical care is about as busted as they get. When even the FoxNews review says its good, maybe you guys should give it a chance.

I believe that this FoxNews r

I believe that this FoxNews reviewer is also the guy that defends Rosie O'Donut all the time, so I will take his reviews with a pound of salt, thank you.

FoxNews is not always right. They hired Geraldo after all...

I defend Rosie's right to say

I defend Rosie's right to say whatever she wants, so that isn't saying much.  I'm not a liberal, so I support anyone speaking their mind, even if I don't agree with them. 

But in this case, the American health care system is broken.  We definately have the best "health care" in the world.  But its the system that provides the insurance that is broken.  And that is what Michael Moore made a movie about.

But do you trust Michael Moor

But do you trust Michael Moore to make an unbiased movie?  As I said in my earlier post, I am sure that he brings up valid points, but does he do the problem justice, or does he just blame everything on the insurance companies, or the pharmaceutical companies? 

The healthcare problem isn't just about the big, evil corporations that Moore so loves to attack.  It's also about the patients who abuse the system, the trial lawyers who bring the lawsuits and the politicians who hamstring the doctors from being able to do their job.

Michael Moore sheds light on part of the problem, but I don't trust him as far as I can throw him to be unbiased and truly search for a solution. 

Dutch

"But in this case, the

"But in this case, the American health care system is broken. We
definately have the best "health care" in the world. But its the
system that provides the insurance that is broken. "

Please, it is NOT broken. It has issues, that's for sure, mostly because of the government trying to "fix" it.

"And that is what
Michael Moore made a movie about."

Michael Moore's movie is a propaganda piece that, among other things, implies that Cuba has a better health care system than the USA does. That should tell you all you need to know about this film. He despises everything about our capitalistic system; the same system that has made him a very rich man. This hypocrisy and his past history can only lead me to believe that anyone saying we should give him a chance this time(probably because they feel they are entitled to health care) is a few fries short of a happy meal.