When asked if the scene from “Sicko” where Michael Moore passes by Guantanamo Bay was just a publicity student, CNN’s Lola Ogunnaike got serious.
“I think he was trying to prove a point. The point he was trying to make is you have these detainees at Guantanamo Bay that in his mind are receiving far better care than the people on 9/11 who are sick now as a result of the injury they sustained rescuing people down at the site of 9/11,” said the pop culture and entertainment correspondent.
Ogunnaike should be on Moore’s payroll instead of CNN’s, because she was basically reading his talking points. The nearly two and a half minute segment was practically a commercial for the film which advocates socialized health care, the abolition of the health insurance industry and a government regulated pharmaceutical industry.
The former New York Times reporter was also very earnest about the federal investigation into Moore’s visit to Cuba.
“Well, he’s worried that they might try and confiscate the movie. He is so worried in fact that he has sent a copy overseas and it is in a secret location. He is not playing around with this at all and he’s very scared that this … could destroy what he’s worked for.”
Now that doesn’t sound at all like a publicity stunt, does it?
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O-k, MSM. Let's compromise. L
June 12, 2007 - 15:23 ET by Mica the MagnificentO-k, MSM. Let's compromise.
Let's have in this country a health care system as good as in Guantanamo Bay, but the doctors have to torture you first.
If there's one thing that Moo
June 12, 2007 - 15:33 ET by GalvanicIf there's one thing that Moore is a master at, it's getting free publicity for his so-called documentaries, by creating bogus enemies. He knows that for one thing, hardly anyone ever goes to see documentaries in the theater, and for another, his films don't fit the definition of a documentary.
With Fahrenheit 911, Moore got the MSM to describe it as the film that Bush doesn't want us to see. With free viewings to elite Bush-haters, he got celebrity endorsements praising his "truth to power" and other boilerplate slogans. Even after Moore himself conceded that the film was not a documentary, it was awarded a "Best Documentary" Oscar by the Hollywood elite.
Now, with Sicko, he's at it again, and the Bush-hating MSM is predictably compliant. Shame on the so-called news media. Another Oscar waiting in the wings, not doubt.
I don't know if anyone else h
June 12, 2007 - 20:08 ET by jakewashereI don't know if anyone else has heard this, but Moore also made an anonymous contribution to the funds of Moorewatch.org - Jim Kenefick has been dealing with some health problems in his immediate family for some time now. Of course, Big Mike wasn't attempting to take the moral high ground - he was actually ginning up material for Sicko; the contribution was supposed to remain secret until it suddenly appeared in the movie.
If all he wanted was a comp
June 12, 2007 - 16:08 ET by dervishIf all he wanted was a comparison with prisoners' health care, he could have sailed by Ft. Leavenworth. Of course this was a publicity stunt. And poor Michael is so upset about the controversy that he's obviously wasting away to nothing.
Which reminds me: I'll be very interested to see which health care system gets to take care of his diabetes in a few years, assuming he doesn't have it already. I'll bet it ain't Cuba's.